Agree wholeheartedly with the dipole comments - I live on the Gulf coast of
Florida, right on the water, and have an 80-ft longwire, end-fed, about 35
feet up and sloping down to a fence post. Coax to a Grove TUN-4 and an Icom
R75 and a Drake. Reception is fantastic! Can't go wrong with a long...wire,
that is

John
KF4ANC

"Paul" wrote in message
...
Would an antenna like the one in the link be any good? I am looking for a
decent shortwave antenna. I mainly listen to 11.175 USB and 5-9mhz USB.


http://www.radioshack.com/product.as...gory%5Fname=CT
LG%5F008%5F009%5F002%5F000&product%5Fid=278%2D1374

Any advice would be helpful.

thanks,

Paul