RHF wrote:
John S.

So it looks like we are in disagreement again.

Here is my 'opinion' based on my personal experience using the
Sony ICF-SW7600GR 'portable' AM/FM Shortwave Radios by itself;
with a 23 Foot Roll-Up / Reel-Up "Portable" Shortwave Antenna;
and the Sony AN-LP1 Active Shortwave Loop Antenna

1. The Sony AN-LP1 Active Shortwave Loop Antenna is "Tunable"
(Pre-Selector) and can easily be place in a location (window)
for the 'best reception' = Strongest Signals and Lowest Noise.

2. The Sony AN-LP1 Active Shortwave Loop Antenna works well
for a Traveler who only has a Hotel/Motel Window as their
"Gateway" to the World of Shortwave Radio.

3. The Sony AN-LP1 Active Shortwave Loop Antenna can also work
well for some Shortwave Listener's who live in Apartments and
Condos and are very limited in using any type of OutSide
{Random Wire} Shortwave Antennas.

4. Most of the time those little 23 Foot Roll-Up / Reel-Up
"Portable" Shortwave Antennas that come with many 'portable'
AM/FM Shortwave Radios do not perform as well as the Sony
AN-LP1 Active Shortwave Loop Antenna. This is whether you
Plug the Sony AN-LP1 Active Shortwave Loop Antenna into the
Radio's External Antenna 1/8" Jack or simply Clip-It-On to
the Radio's Whip Antenna.

5. For Shortwave Listening (SWL) the combination of the
Sony AN-LP1 Active Shortwave Loop Antenna and the Sony
ICF-SW7600GR Radio usually works better then using the
Radio by itself.

TBL - Yes the Sony AN-LP1 Active Shortwave Loop Antenna does amplify
the Noise along with the Signal. But when you can not Hear them :
Then something is better then nothing. Not a perfect solution but
simply better than most other available or permitted options.


You could very well be correct. This may in-fact be THE one portable
amplified antenna that is able to deliver signals that could not be
gotten with either the whip antenna or a simple wire antenna strung
around a window. My experience with many other wunder-antennas has been
that they are little more than a gadgety external volume control. After
turning one or more knobs all signals get equally louder, but nothing
magically pops out of the mud.

I've taken a variety of (mostly Sony) shortwave portables on trips over
the years and have found that a simple wire strung around the hotel
room window will gather a lot of signals in a less then perfect
listening environment.

I may be wrong....and if I find one cheap enough I just might try it.
But not at the going prices.

www.devilfinder.com Build your own amplified radio antenna and null
out unwanted noise

Seems to me in this modern technology age,there should be a way to build
a very good amplified antenna without the unwanted noise.How do
amplified antennas work anyway,do they boost the radio signals?
cuhulin