No. The 956 is merely a tunable bandpass filter that allows a single
frequency through and rejects everything else. Being passsive, it has
insertion loss and will actually weaken signals.

It is very handy for receivers like the Lowe HF-150 which have no
front-end filtering, to prevent swamping the radio with strong local
MW, etc.

The R-75, with pre-amp 1 (not 2) on should hear everything on those
bands in your area.

On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 13:38:35 GMT, "Martineau Gauda"
wrote:

Hi, have IC-R75 with 30 ft random wire antenna. Would an antenna tuner such
as MFJ-956 significantly improve reception on 80-20meters.

Thanks

Martineau Gauda