"SC Dxing" wrote in message
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My question is, what do you use for an antenna to listen to shortwave?


My dozens of portables just use the built in whip. I get good enough
reception on the 2nd floor of my house here.

My radios that don't have built in antennas (Drake R8 and some 1930s tube
radios) use a random wire strung in the attic.

On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:48:29 -0500, "Bob Campbell"
wrote:

"SC Dxing" wrote in message
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My question is, what do you use for an antenna to listen to shortwave?


My dozens of portables just use the built in whip. I get good enough
reception on the 2nd floor of my house here.

My radios that don't have built in antennas (Drake R8 and some 1930s tube
radios) use a random wire strung in the attic.

R6000 In the ham room for the ts450sat and just the whip up stairs for
the Satellite800.

__My dozens of portables just use the built in whip__
Hi Bob
Dozens of portables...what kinds do you have? I'm an amateur collector
myself. Some are listed in one of my posts yesterday. I'm always bothered
by some type of interference or another, that's why I have to use the
MFJ-1026 at times.
"Bob Campbell" wrote in message
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"SC Dxing" wrote in message
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My question is, what do you use for an antenna to listen to shortwave?


My dozens of portables just use the built in whip. I get good enough
reception on the 2nd floor of my house here.

My radios that don't have built in antennas (Drake R8 and some 1930s tube
radios) use a random wire strung in the attic.