ridgescan
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I found my old Radio Shack amplified shortwave antenna so I thought I'd try it on the R71. I connected it to the discone and to the R71 with shielded RCA patchcords (of course I cut one end on each patchcord to hook into the R71 and to the antenna switch)
I tried fishing around on google to learn how this thing actually works-I think since it has its own SW tuner, a variable RF gain and 9 volts it has to be actually amplifying incoming signals because it also amplifies noise too. Can this thing actually give that dramatic an improvement with just 9 volts? Anyways it's a lot of fun to see even stronger signals