Joe from Kokomo wrote:
On 12/19/2010 2:51 AM, John Smith wrote:

I'll just bet you, people with a 30' ft antenna are often wondering why
they don't hear what people with 100+ ft antenna hear ... don't ya'
think? ROFLOL

Regards,
JS

...and I'll just bet -you- [JS] that you are not familiar with the
concept of "front end overload". More [antenna] is NOT always better.

The antenna on a good portable is an active. It must be shorter than 1/4
wave at the highest frequency of interest to work at its optimum.

The EXT jack on a 7600 should be able to handle a proper wire antenna
10m or so.