On Dec 25 2008, 10:48*pm, BCBlazysusan wrote:
On Dec 25, 2:02*pm, bpnjensen wrote:





On Dec 23, 3:25*pm, Telamon

wrote:
In article ,
*John Smith wrote:

Don't bring the amateur antenna group into these discussions. That group
has a bunch of key clowns in it.

Yeah, they actually build antennas for all frequencies, something you
obviously do not ... ROFLOL

Most amateurs do not.
Most amateurs buy them.
Most amateurs would not know how to build them.

No amateurs operate on all frequencies idiot.

Idiot, he said connect an antenna to the whip.

No he didn't idiot. He even mentioned that the radio comes with the
ANT-60 antenna, which plugs into the antenna jack not clip onto the whip
antenna. The clip is for holding the far end of the windup part of the
antenna to something so the antenna can be held off the ground, idiot..

Ummm - to try to remain on-topic, yes the 909 has an external antenna
jack, although in my recollection it does not come with a suitable
antenna, nor does that jack connect you in a meaningful way to the MW
band if you connect it according to the instructions. *It must be done
using a 3-conductor phono plug with one pair of conductors shorted
(IIRC). *I do not have my reference for this handy, but the schematic
is available last time I knew on various web sites.

For that matter, I don't think the "clip to the whip" gives a
meaningful MW boost either - just SW/HF.

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I really need to break out my DX398/909
I was reading your post Bruce and I do seem to remember what you are
saying. All I know is that I didn't get/didn't like what I was
receiving using the internal antenna jack. Actually I was somewhat
dissapointed when I got the radio. But there are many things one can
do for that piece to make it a real dynamo on SW/BCB/FM. I sent mine
to Chris Justice at RadioLabs and the mods he did really really
changed my opinion of the receiver itself and I kept it. He installed
another type of antenna connection to the back of the radio. I never
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I like the RadioLabs mods too - big improvement and makes the radio
lots more fun.

Bruce