Would this be any good?

http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/sw_ant/3872.html

Wally

"Waldo Lydecker" wrote in message
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Would this be any good?

http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/sw_ant/3872.html

Wally

Would do zero for noise abatement.

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"Brenda Ann" wrote:

"Waldo Lydecker" wrote in message
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Would this be any good?

http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/sw_ant/3872.html


Would do zero for noise abatement.

It has two things going for it. The unit is small so you could put it in
a quiet spot if you can find one indoors. It is tunable not broadband.

He would be much better off with a shielded loop or even a small ferrite
loop antenna.

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Telamon
Ventura, California

In article ,
Waldo Lydecker wrote:

Would this be any good?

http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/sw_ant/3872.html


Every engineered piece of equipment has the use for which it is
designed. If you can put this unit in a room with no nearby electronic
noise generators I'm sure it will work fine but I would expect that you
would find it hard to find that electrically quiet spot in your house.

The antenna is a whip. A whip is essentially a voltage probe type of
antenna that will do a good job of picking up local noise sources so I
can't recommend it.

The antenna type is not in this units favor however, instead of being
the usual broadband amplifier design this one is tunable. This feature
could be a help rejecting some of the local noise makers. The drawback
is you have to keep retuning it every time you retune your receiver.

For starters I would look online for a review. Then I would consider the
other electronics around you that would interfere with your reception.

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Telamon
Ventura, California

On Apr 27, 10:04*pm, Waldo Lydecker
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- Wally

WL - For $180 you could do better. ~ RHF

Kaito KA35 Active MW/SW Antenna @ Half the Price
http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/sw_ant/4835.html

MFJ-1020C Indoor MW/SW Active Antenna @ Half the Price
http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/sw_ant/1413.html

Make a Shielded Loop Antenna from RG-8 Coax Cable with
a 3-Foot feed-in-line. Size the Loop Element to 'fit' 3"~6"
within the measured Glass Size. Place/Secure the Loop
Element on/near the Glass; and centered on the Glass.
Use the Loop Element with the MFJ-1020C Indoor MW/SW
Active Antenna {Remote the Whip}.

How-To-Make : Shielded Loop Antenna from RG-8 Coax Cable
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...ea5a14e68910ac
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...85af3cef2fb65f
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...85af3cef2fb65f
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...bbc752371bebcc
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...498c52932af49a
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...8005ce8c7f5c9c
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...dc49a6c156fa2b

hope this helps ~ RHF