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@jjg I know very little about ham radio, but I looked into this a few months ago.
http://blog.bliley.com/10-popular-sdrs-software-defined-radios-2018

The other thing missing in the list would be a suitable antenna.
There's also this website that I found enthralling, from my perspective of someone who was born before the internets.
http://www.websdr.org/

All connection to the outside world we had at home when I was little was listening to the BBC shortwave radio service.
It still surprises me how things have changed.