Not really. A few tens of metres of cable whose cost is not more than 3
times the cheapest of satellite coaxes, and whose total cost is less
than half the lowest cost of that radio when found second-hand, is
hardly overdoing it.
I think the point is that radio is very much under-doing it!!!


Why are you so set against that radio? A lot of people like it (some of them
enough to modify it rather than replace it). What do you recommend? And how
much would it cost? This thread wasn't about that radio but this is worth
pursuing, you seem to have a strong feeling about it. I just bought it
because it seemed like a good cheap base to start from. (Not cheap if I'd had
to buy new, but I purposely avoided that).

It is really more the difference in consideration between the coax and
the radio that strikes me. You are making a huge fuss over the coax, but
appear to have little consideration over the radio which is a far more
important issue. You seem to be set on the Sagen when it is is far from
the best solution, but nit picking over the coax, which in reality most
likely won't make a shred of difference.

It is a perfectly adequate radio for what it was designed to be; a
portable that you take away on holiday to listen to BBC world service
on, but as for using it for anything more it is lacking.

Even you admitted in an earlier post that it was overloaded by anything
more than a whip antenna!!

You would be far better off buying a dedicated HF receiver or a
transceiver with a far superior performance. They are available on Ebay
as well.

Jeff