denny wrote:
Has anyone in the group done any serious or very serious DXing with a
Drake SW8 (preferably the newer version)? What did you think of both
the performance and your results?


Yes. I've taken an older version out into the North Woods, with
excellent results using a random wire antenna, against an earth ground.

Off the whip it's not nutslappingly impressive. But with an external
antenna, very nice, indeed.

Given the quality of local radio in and around the North Woods...DX,
MW and SW, is a sanity saver.