In article .com,
"RHF" wrote:

Telamon wrote:
In article .com,
"RHF" wrote:

wrote:
dxAce wrote:
Telamon wrote:

In article .com,
wrote:

Lisa Simpson wrote:
Can anyone recommend an antenna switch that allows me
to hook up 2 SW receivers to 1 antenna? Maybe a switch
is not what I mean, as I'd like to be able to receive
on both receivers at the same time . . .

http://www.stridsberg.com/mca104a.htm
Stridsberg is the consumer grade gear most scanner enthusiasts
use.

That's an active splitter for $185. Probably a good unit. I
think DxAce uses one.

Yep, Stridsberg is the one.


- If you are going to use a splitter, you might as well go active.
- In either case (active or passive), you are going to get a bit
- more noise, but the active design should have better isolation.

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More money, more complicated but the amplification can mitigate loss of
signal and provide more isolation between outputs.

Telamon - true, True. TRUE ! ) ~ RHF

However - Some Shortwave Listeners (SWL's) like to
have that Extra Box with All-the-Knobs on it to play with
so that 'they' can "Feel" that 'they' are in CONTROL !

Then Again - Other Shortwave Listeners (SWL's) are
very Happy with a 9:1 Matching Transformer at the
Antenna and a Coax Cable feed-in-line : For the very
fact that 'they' can Install-It-and-Forget-It - Happy to
simply Enjoy Listening to Their-Radios without the
need for any "Extra Knobs" to Play-With.
{ Please Don't Make It Complicated ! }

Since - I am down in Oakland, CA for the Night - I told
a look around sub-basement # 3 and found an old
Grove TUN-4 that is very much like the MFJ-959 unit.


Looks like a good unit. It has an amplifier that you can bypass with a
switch, has an antenna selector switch and a tuner to peak a signal.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California