The ATS909 has the highest performance of any small portable radio made today. Audio is excellent for its size. One button will put all of the local stations automatically into memory. Comes pre-programmed with many popular SW stations. If you would like a larger general coverage portable with better audio, don't overlook the 818.
Sensitivity is as good as any other portable on the market.
If you don't need a tape recorder, get this one because it has a larger, slightly better sounding speaker than the 818ACS .