I was asking myself .. is it worth it to me to pay $260 for one of these boards, then I rediscovered http://sdr.hu/ and spent half an hour at work messing around with peoples' radios.
vbrtrmnyea, sdr.hu is great at work. Listening to election coverage in Asia, Africa, and Europe has been eye-opening as an American. Spoilers: They think we're all batshit crazy that it got so out of hand, and I think they're right.
<3 shortwave radio!
<3 shortwave radio!