RHF wrote:

Tom-K-in-LA,

First lets take a look at the two Shortwave Listener Antennas :
{ Lets Reason Things Out form a Practical Point of View. }

Situation : Sony AN-LP1 Active Loop Shortwave Antenna
-versus- RF Systems T2FD {Passive} Shortwave Antenna
that is rolled-up and placed on the same Window as the
Sony had been located in an Apartment.

The Sony AN-LP1 Active Loop Shortwave Antenna is an
http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/sw_ant/3676.html
"E" Probe type of Antenna using a relatively small size
Antenna Element* and an Impedance Matching Amplifier


A loop antenna is NOT an e-probe.

Rest of nonsense deleted.