"junius" wrote in message
ups.com...
I'm curious, for SW reception, does it work well with a portable
(like, say an SW77 or Satellite 700), as well as with your tabletop
receivers? Size-wise and being optionally battery-powered, it looks
like an attractive option for portable applications (certainly for,
say, a Drake SW8 or something of that calibre), but I'm wondering if
it's just too much an antenna for a portable...

Junius

Active whips with good dynamic range are extremely easy to homebrew- and
excellent article appeared in QST a couple years back using a CATV
transistor- better IP3 than likely any of the consumer antennas available.
Seem to recall that FAR Circuits has the PC board.
Don't forget a good RF ground at the antenna- without it, the outside of the
coax shield becomes part of the antenna- transporting house noise out to the
pick up probe.
Dale W4OP