mike maghakian wrote:
in that case, I would rather have no antenna than a bad one !


We need to keep in mind that Drake had a part in designing the E1 as
with the Satellit 800. Remember, the Satellit 800 is basically a Drake
SW8 with a larger speaker and an ADDED FERRIT ANTENNA. The Drake SW8
had NO ferrit antenna but rather used the internal whip antenna for MW
reception.

In my particular case, the two distant MW stations I listen two during
daytime hours come in without any co-channel interference on my car
radio, which uses a whip antenna.

Of course a ferrit antenna would be nice for direction and interference
nulling, but in my case I always have to turn the radio to an odd
position for reception of the stations I listen to. For me, the whip
will actually be better, and I will use an external loop for other
dxing.