Hi Paul:

It's a nice looking gadget, but
50 - 150 feet of wire stretched e/w & far away from electrical appliances /
lines will do much better.

I find the 18 - 22 Gage Radio Shack Stranded insulated wire easiest to deal
with.
You can either hook the antenna up directly to you r whip antenna , or tape it
down 1/4 - 2 inches away from the whip if you get " Overload";

- Also disconnect the wire before a thunderstorm , etc..

Look hre for more info on Antennas & DX'ing


http://www.hard-core-dx.com/

http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=antennas

Dan

In article , "Paul"
writes:


Would an antenna like the one in the link be any good? I am looking for a
decent shortwave antenna. I mainly listen to 11.175 USB and 5-9mhz USB.


http://www.radioshack.com/product.as...ategory%5Fname
=CTLG%5F008%5F009%5F002%5F000&product%5Fid=278%2D1 374

Any advice would be helpful.

thanks,

Paul