"DeWat" wrote in message
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Hello all...

I have a 13 year old Sangean ATS-803A that I will "occassionally"
listen to. It's kind of hard to get into this because the only
shortwave signals that I can reliably pick up are the radio stations
(not the shacks). When listening, I will often try to do some dx
receiving, but usually become discouraged. I'm considering getting a
portable external antenna for it to see if this will help, but don't
know where to start. What are some of the "better" portable antennas
under $100.00 that I can get for this radio, **and** will not overload
the front end with noise?

Thx
DeWat

I have the same radio. Hang a piece of 3/8" mesh Hardware Cloth 2'x4' from
the curtain rod, behind the curtain, and connect to the folded-down rod
antenna with a short flexible wire with alligator clips on each end. At my
window, an S3 signal on rod becomes S9 with the mesh. k35454.