Knowledge wrote:

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I get up and go into my bedroom, turn on my 1972 Zenith
Trans-Oceanic
D-7000Y and tune the same frequency just using the whip. The signal
is loud and clear. Very little fading, and almost no noise. Just a
big
booming clear signal.

That is really amazing to me that there could be so much difference
between the two radios

So I think I'm going to get me a Satellit 800 and call it a day.
Forget about the receivers that cost thousands of dollars. I don't
believe there would be that much difference anymore
With the Zenith is doing such a good job, why buy an 800?