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I have a 65 year old German made RCA radio, It has pushbuttons to select different frequency bands

button 1 "LW"    140 to 320 KHz
button 2 "MW"   500 to 1620 KHz
Button 3 "SW"    25 to 50 M
Button 4 "FM" 87.5 to 100 MHz

Using only the on board antenna on the FM Band I can tune to all my local FM channels and it sounds great, I get some AM stations on the MW band

I plugged the center conductor from my TV antenna into the External antenna port and on the SW band I have picked up some religious stations a station out of Miami Florida, a couple Spanish language channels , one that sounds Russian, and last night I listened to a program on "Radio Prague",
lots of interference, noisy but listenable.

my question is this:
I live in the Central United states (Northern Illinois),   with a halfway decent antenna what could I expect to pick up?   10 channels?, 20 channels?, 50 or more?
is my 1950s West German Vacuum Tube analog equipment still viable?

<blockquote data-quote="spm" data-source="post: 808642" data-attributes="member: 64510">I have a 65 year old German made RCA radio, It has pushbuttons to select different frequency bandsbutton 1&nbsp; &quot;LW&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 140 to 320 KHz button 2&nbsp; &quot;MW&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; 500 to 1620&nbsp; KHzButton 3&nbsp; &quot;SW&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 25 to 50 MButton 4&nbsp; &quot;FM&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; 87.5&nbsp; to 100&nbsp; MHzUsing only the on board antenna on the FM Band I can tune to all my local FM channels and it sounds great, I get some AM stations on the MW bandI plugged the center conductor from my TV antenna into the External antenna port and on the SW band I have picked up some religious stations a station out of Miami Florida,&nbsp; a couple Spanish language channels , one that sounds Russian, and last night I listened to a&nbsp; program on &quot;Radio Prague&quot;,&nbsp;&nbsp; lots of interference, noisy but listenable.&nbsp;my question is this:&nbsp;I live in the Central United states (Northern Illinois),&nbsp;&nbsp; with a halfway decent antenna&nbsp; what could&nbsp; I expect to pick up?&nbsp;&nbsp; 10 channels?,&nbsp; 20 channels?, 50 or more?&nbsp;is my 1950s West German Vacuum Tube analog equipment still viable?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="spm, post: 808642, member: 64510"] I have a 65 year old German made RCA radio, It has pushbuttons to select different frequency bands button 1 "LW" 140 to 320 KHz button 2 "MW" 500 to 1620 KHz Button 3 "SW" 25 to 50 M Button 4 "FM" 87.5 to 100 MHz Using only the on board antenna on the FM Band I can tune to all my local FM channels and it sounds great, I get some AM stations on the MW band I plugged the center conductor from my TV antenna into the External antenna port and on the SW band I have picked up some religious stations a station out of Miami Florida, a couple Spanish language channels , one that sounds Russian, and last night I listened to a program on "Radio Prague", lots of interference, noisy but listenable. my question is this: I live in the Central United states (Northern Illinois), with a halfway decent antenna what could I expect to pick up? 10 channels?, 20 channels?, 50 or more? is my 1950s West German Vacuum Tube analog equipment still viable? [/QUOTE]

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