said by ke4pym:Why'd you point me in that direction? That was just mean!!!
Now I gotta come up with $1100 to spend!!! (thanks for the link, though!)
If you just want to play around a bit there are some DVB-T tunner sticks (Europe TV) that people are turning into simple SDR's. They do have many limitations but they are also in the $20 range and the software is free.

NooElec makes an up-converter designed for them that allows them to tune the HAM-HF (shortwave) bands.
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www.nooelec.com/store/so ··· dio.htmlI have one of the RTL2832 sticks and it's been fun to play with.