I currently clip a 50 foot wire to the whip of my Sangean ATS-909 whip. it
works fine most of the time for me. Do the slinky antennas currently
available in ebay work? If so, what is the best way to use one?
Shayne

Shayne,

I have a cliff dweller 2 slinky dipole for 50ohm match, and have it connected to the Kenwood R1000 and Icom R75, and it works perfectly.

That said I did hassle in one QTH place I rented and it was so noisey it wasn't funny. The noise was from a Caltex petrol station and
Woolworth shopping complex 400 m down the road

Regards
Mark
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Shayne wrote:
I currently clip a 50 foot wire to the whip of my Sangean ATS-909 whip. it
works fine most of the time for me. Do the slinky antennas currently
available in ebay work? If so, what is the best way to use one?
Shayne

On Dec 15, 2:58 pm, "Shayne" wrote:
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- I currently clip a 50 foot wire to the whip of my
- Sangean ATS-909 whip.

Hopefully it is Outside and Up-in-the-Air.

- it works fine most of the time for me.

Good to hear.

- Do the slinky antennas currently available in ebay work?

Yes about the same as you 500 Foot Wire Antenna.

- If so, what is the best way to use one?
- Shayne

Outside and Up-in-the-Air and away from the House.

Try a Slinky Dipole Antenna connected to your Radio
via the 1/8" External Antenna Jack.

hope this helps ~ RHF

Shayne wrote:

I currently clip a 50 foot wire to the whip of my Sangean ATS-909 whip. it
works fine most of the time for me. Do the slinky antennas currently
available in ebay work? If so, what is the best way to use one?
Shayne

I doubt a slinky antenna would "work" better than your 50-ft. wire on
most shortwave bands but the slinky might be more sensitive and/or
directional on certain frequency ranges (bands).