"RHF" wrote
First - Buy the following items:
* One Hundred Feet (100 Ft) of Coax Cable
* Eight Foot (8 Ft) Ground Rod
* A so called Magnetic Long Wire Balun (MLB)
- Palomar "MLB" Magnetic Longwire Balun @ $50
http://www.palomar-engineers.com/MLB-1/mlb-1.html
- RF Systems Magnetic Longwire Balun (MLB) @ $60
http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/antsup/1484.html
- WinRadio Long Wire Adapter @ $40
http://www.winradio.com/home/lwa.htm
http://www.grove-ent.com/WR0130.html
- The ICE 180 / ICE 182 @ $40 {My Choice}
Broadband Impedance Matching Units intended for use with HF
Lowband, Low-Noise Receiving Antennas.
ICE= http://tinyurl.com/38unr
http://www.arraysolutions.com/Produc...html#Beverage%
20Matching
- - Model 180A Shortwave Band Coverage: 1.5 - 30 MHz
- - Model 182A Medium & Shortwave Bands Coverage: 0.1 - 30 MHz
- Par Electronics EF-SWL (Use the MLB Only)
http://www.parelectronics.com/swl_end.htm

Hi RHF.
This confuses me a bit, since the PAR EF-SWL has a 9:1 transformer built in.
If one gets the PAR do they connect the built in transformer to the MLB you suggest,
then run the coax to the receiver?