Have had it for years....takes an external ant to hear shortwave well..has internal for AM band.
There are better ones than this one now.
http://www.kenwood.com/usa/com/amateur/th-f6a/
My HF gear both transmits and receives 100khz to 30mhz.
I'm a 160mtr guy mostly...just above the AM band at 1800khz-2000khz Takes a BIG antenna though...great for close in work to about 1000mi and has no skip-zone:-)
160mtr antennas are just big sky-burners and the rf goes mostly straight up and back down...best at night. With a full KW out on SSB you have a signal comparable to a 20-50kw AM station in usable coverage.
Some nights you cover the entire CONUS with a good signal.
Even at high-noon you can work out to 500mi using CW.
I know of some guys using old signal-corp AM transmitters on 160...the same type as used in Nam as Armed Forces Radio stations....heavy mofos! takes a crew to move them.
A friend of mine used to have one installed in the spare bedroom of his mobile home!
Nice; and would be a considerable upgrade if we could find one - we’re absolute neophytes ;-) and bought a cheap little thing to learn on. But I’m impressed with how well it does; it’s already been useful during a snowstorm.
We’ve been impressed with the community as well.