Tesco in the UK are selling a world-band portable for £8 incuding VAT (that's $12 USD at current exchange rate). I don't normally shop there but I might have to make a special trip to pick up one of these R-108 radios for evaluation. That'll be £12 then after adding the cost of the tram ride. It covers 12 bands: Long Wave Medium Wave FM Broadcast 88-108 SW1 60 meter SW2 49 meter SW3 41 meter SW4 31 meter SW5 25 meter SW6 22 meter SW7 19 meter SW8 16 meter SW9 13 meter Link to RAD-108 at Tesco.com
Shortwave listening and technology musings mainly using a selection of portable radios from the trailing edge of technology. You may find the odd SDR starts to creep in too.