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Joe Analssandrini wrote:

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That said, however, I should encourage shortwave listeners who are
fairly serious about the hobby to consider purchase of a good tabletop
(and the ICOM and, especially the AOR in my opinion, are two excellent
receivers at relatively affordable prices). As you stated, the antenna
is of PRIME importance. After all, it is the ANTENNA that picks up the
signals; the radio merely translates those signals to something we can
hear.

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Again calm down. The radio is half the equation and is just as important
as the antenna. Think of an antenna, transmission line, and radio as a
receiving system.

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Telamon
Ventura, California