My personal preference is to use an Icom R75 linked into a Wellbrook Indoor
Loop Antenna.

Having previously used long wires etc, the enjoyment of shortwave was masked
by interference either mains borne, television timebase or atmospheric.

A few month's ago I purchased a Loop Antenna for the R75 and quite honestly
it has been the best antenna which has been used due to space restriction's.

The R75 comes to life from lf, mf, hf and the 30 MHz + section can be quite
interesting at times.

Interference is drastically reduced by using the loop and my loop is
connected via a short patch lead to the interface and R75 on the same table.

The DSP unit is a must and on the amateur bands, especially at nightfall the
loop exceeds all expectation.

Wellbrook have certainly produced a loop which leaves the competition behind
and I must say that my R75 would never, ever be connected to a longwire
again.

Will provide a digital image of my basic setup if anyone is interested.