The Sony ICF-2010 was my primary radio from 1988 to 1991. I always
found its perforamance to be far far better with the length of supplied
wire plugged into the external antenna jack than with the whip. In
fact, I always found my '2010 to be a tad deaf off the whip alone.

While I don't know what applications you're wanting to use this radio
for, if you're using it primarly at home, you're better off using
something other than the whip anyway.

Sorry to hear that you've had this problem with your newly acquired
'2010, Roger. That ATS-909 you were asking about in the other
thread...well, as an owner/user of both, I would say that
performance-wise, the '909 is no '2010.

If the whip is the only problem you've got goin on that '2010, you've
still got a far better receiver than the '909, in my opinion.

Best,

Junius