Looking around, I think what I want is a full-band or all-band radio rather than a dedicated shortwave only receiver. That Grundig Satellit looks like it's pretty much the style of thing I need. Something like that would be good.
Restoration is ok for a decent unit, my budget would be a couple hundred dollars max I think.
A few from my collection (in storage) all of which probably need restoration & recapping, can't comment how good the shortwave performance is as reception is crap here with all the modern RF noise generators, gets much worse at night.
Plus I only really use the MW & FM bands these days, gone are the days we had music on LW (used to listen to Atlantic 252 kHz when I was younger).
Philips AM-FM De-luxe with 4 SW bands, my Grandad gave me trashed one many years ago to take apart, which I never did, I still have it and bought a nicer one more recently (also have the Pye version), these look a nightmare to service.
USSR era Selena & VEF? radios, I've had these for several decades, Shango066 likes the Soviet era radios too, some of which he reckons are excellent performers.
I was looking at some Zenith Trans-Oceanic radios at the local HAM sale last month, but limited funds prevented me buying one.
David