[Clinging Bitterly]

There have been, for the better part of a hundred years, international rules and treaties governing radio communication in general (of course they aren't always followed and that isn't something that's likely to ever change).

But if you were getting swamped by a few blowtorch stations it sounds like a bad receiver - and certainly there are some real crappy ones out there.

Years ago I had a Radio Shack DX160 and though it was a pretty "looking" old school style receiver, the one I had at least was lousy with images on strong signals and howling microphonics. Yuck.

[snarkpup]

But if you were getting swamped by a few blowtorch stations it sounds like a bad receiver - and certainly there are some real crappy ones out there.

It was a Drake R7.