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A whip is all you really need if your only interested in picking up
the BBC or Voice of America or whatever. For those into dxing and listening to stations that don't come in good with a whip, we use wire ants or dipoles or whatever. Yes, there is plenty you can hear with just a whip antenna. It's just those "speciality" stations that you might need an extra kick to recieve. |
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= = = "Dale" wrote in message
= = = ... I was going to say this as a response to someone else's post but didn't want to hijack their thread. So... Can anyone tell me why you would ever use a factory supplied whip antenna over an external wire or other external antenna? The factory supplied whip antennas are to me a sad excuse for a real antenna but I guess the manufacturers have to put some sort of an antenna on the radio so it will work and they can call it a portable. Did I just answer my own question? I really get a kick out of someone saying some radios don't perform well off of the whip. Who cares? Someone please enlighten me. When would you ever use a supplied whip over an external wire or other antenna? Even in a hotel room or on a camping trip you could use an external wire antenna. Light guage wire of any reasonable length takes up very little room and most decent radios usually have an external antenna jack. You can also look at the higher end radios as well as ultra high end radios and none of them come with a whip antenna. I don't want this to become heated but I really am curious under what circumstances some of you would use a whip antenna (FM excluded). I'm certain that I must be missing something really obvious here. Thanks in advance.... DALE, Well first of all - All of my 'portable' AM/FM/SW Radio have a built-in Whip Antenna. The Whip Antenna is one of the key features of these Radios that makes them in-fact 'portable'. Grundig Satellit 800, Grundig S350, Grundig Yacht Boy 400PE, Grundig Yacht Boy 300PE, Grundig Yacht Boy 500, Tecsun BCL-2000, Tecsun PL-230, Sony ICF-2010, Sangean ATS-909, Panasonic Rf-2200, Panasonic RF-2600, Panasonic RF-2900, GE World Monitor, ETC. TIP: Collapse the Radio's built-in Whip Antenna. First - Take one of those 'portable' External "Reel-Up" Antennas and try plugging it in to the Radio's External Antenna Jack. Second - Try 'clipping' the Reel-Up Antenna to the "Tip" of the collapsed Whip Antenna. Most times 'clipping' the the External Antenna to the Tip of the Whip Antenna, provides the best reception. NOTE: None of my Receivers has a built-in Whip Antenna and all of them require an External Antenna. Icom IC-R75, Kennwood R-5000, Yaeus FRG-7700, Panasonic RF-4900. jm2cw ~ RHF .. |
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