I got a 6 month old Ten Tec RX-340 and a pair of R-8's with an old beat up
FT-1000D Yaesu for listening to shortwave...

http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...rxvr/0340.html

But your right!!!... you should have bought one of those!

My yb-400 isn't much of a radio either
"E.F." wrote in message
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Thanks Dave and Caveat for the link. Exactly what I was looking for.

Rob, my bad. As a beginner I should have went out and bought a $2100
Kenwood TS-2000.
http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/hamhf/1978.html

or how about the NRD-535D for $1800
http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...rxvr/1545.html

What was I thinking?


"Rob" wrote in message
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If your running a cheap rig like the YB-400 a 10 to 20 foot single wire
out
of the antenna jack will be more than satisfactory. It's not much of a
rig
as far as DXing goes

It's sort of like showing up at the Grand Nationals Drag Race in a stock
YUGO!

You dont need a balun or a tuner....A tuner can be replaced with longer
or
shorter wires.

"E.F." wrote in message
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Is there a web site out there that bring's it down to the basics?? I
want
to build an antenna for my portable YB400 but do not understand what a
balun
or turner is or what it does. I also need to find out if my small back
yard
is large enough for an antenna. What is overload and how do I prevent
it...


...stuff like that

Thanks

EF