Telamon,

From the description it appears to be simply 24 Feet
of a Single (1) Wire {Heavy Gauge} Speaker Wire
connected to an "F" Connector as the FLEX-TENNA
-by- Grove Enterprises
http://www.grove-ent.com/grovehvu.html

I think that one of those Roll-Up {Reel} Portable
Shortwave Antenna's would do about the same
as the Grove Flex-Tenna for Shortwave Listening.
http://www.shortwavestore.com/sws/pr...?productid=612
http://www.durhamradio.com/s/product...roductid=44948
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...lance&n=172282
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0...CLZZZZZZZ_.gif
http://www.survivalunlimited.com/radios/antenna.htm
http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...able/3184b.jpg
http://www.ccrane.com/antennas/short...e-antenna.aspx


iane ~ RHF

In article .com,
"RHF" wrote:

Telamon,

From the description it appears to be simply 24 Feet
of a Single (1) Wire {Heavy Gauge} Speaker Wire
connected to an "F" Connector as the FLEX-TENNA
-by- Grove Enterprises
http://www.grove-ent.com/grovehvu.html

I think that one of those Roll-Up {Reel} Portable
Shortwave Antenna's would do about the same
as the Grove Flex-Tenna for Shortwave Listening.
http://www.shortwavestore.com/sws/pr...?productid=612
http://www.durhamradio.com/s/product...roductid=44948
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...v=glance&n=172
282
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0...CLZZZZZZZ_.gif
http://www.survivalunlimited.com/radios/antenna.htm
http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...able/3184b.jpg
http://www.ccrane.com/antennas/short...e-antenna.aspx

You could be right about it being just a single insulated wire but use
of the word cable usually means transferring a signal from one place to
another. Complete electrical paths require two wires at a minimum
because as any engineer knows for a circuit to be a complete path a loop
forms with one wire carrying current to the load and the other wire
carrying it back to the source according to basic circuit analysis.

The description states "No ground or radials are required." indicating
that the antenna is somehow balanced and not single element common mode.

Also a plural is used in this descriptive sentence "Its vinyl-protected
wire elements allow the Flex-Tenna" indicating more than one conductor
is used but maybe I read to much into the description.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

Telamon,

I have to order one of the Flex-Tennas
by Grove Ent. and see-for-my-own-self
- What It Be ? ~ RHF

GROVE FLEX-TENNA™ HVU -by- Grove Enterprises
Price as Listed $14.95
Grove Part # ANT45
FLEX-TENNA = http://www.grove-ent.com/grovehvu.html
The 24-foot Model HVU Flex-Tenna™ is a thin and inconspicuous,
Flexible-Wire Antenna designed to provide continuous 10 kHz to
2500 MHz reception on Shortwave Receivers, wide-frequency-
coverage receivers and scanners with only one antenna connector.
Since it's a narrow length of clear-insulated cable, it is an excellent

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.. .

In article .com,
"RHF" wrote:

Telamon,

I have to order one of the Flex-Tennas
by Grove Ent. and see-for-my-own-self
- What It Be ? ~ RHF

GROVE FLEX-TENNA™ HVU -by- Grove Enterprises
Price as Listed $14.95
Grove Part # ANT45
FLEX-TENNA = http://www.grove-ent.com/grovehvu.html
The 24-foot Model HVU Flex-Tenna™ is a thin and inconspicuous,
Flexible-Wire Antenna designed to provide continuous 10 kHz to
2500 MHz reception on Shortwave Receivers, wide-frequency-
coverage receivers and scanners with only one antenna connector.
Since it's a narrow length of clear-insulated cable, it is an excellent

Why don't you just send Grove an email or phone them and ask the
question?

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

Grove ought to send me one to try out for free and I will give out me
expert opinion.Grove pays it all,both ways.Grove,I am getting NOT to
trust y'all anymore.
cuhulin

wrote in
:

Grove ought to send me one to try out for free and I will give out me
expert opinion.Grove pays it all,both ways.Grove,I am getting NOT to
trust y'all anymore.
cuhulin


I hope he sends you one too, Your expert opinions are hilarious.

:-)

sc

Telamon,

I am a Hands-on-Kind-of-Guy
and Seeing-Is-Believing

we'll see ~ RHF

Any old thing works fine on modern portable SW's, as far as pulling
in signal. You can't get extravagant or most receivers will overload
with the strong signals around and give you horrible images all over
the band. So the modest wind-up antennas are about the best you can
do.

You get differences in rejection of local noise, and for doing that
you need grounding and matching transformers and distant antennas,
or some ability to steer a null on noise sources at least, to get
away from the local sources somewhat.

So I expect the feature here is invisible wire, the better to meet
the local homeowner association objections or the wife's moods, and
beyond that it's a reel antenna that comes with some portables, but
they have black wire you can see and this doesn't.

--
Ron Hardin


On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.

For One and All,

The Grove {Hidden] Flex-Tenna has arrived
along with the Grove SW Pocket-Tenna for
Wideband Handheld Receivers.

http://www.grove-ent.com/shortwaveantennas.html

report to follow - iane ~ RHF

Get a large empty wood sewing thread spool.Wind 24 feet of Bell wire
around it.Very cheap and very easy.
cuhulin