Hello. I'm in need of some information on choosing an antenna for my Radio Shack PRO-71. I just acquired a PRO-649. I've been searching for the Radio Shack Center-Loaded telescopic antenna. I do live in a remote area of NW Montana. I have mountains around the area I'm in. Thanks.
Forget trying to find an old Radio Shack antenna just because the radio is from Radio Shack, you can use any antenna you want.
That old Center load telescoping back at the set Radio Shack antenna from the 60s that used to have the mot pin and then was replaced with BNC wasn't such a hot antenna anyway.
Go to antenna farm.Com, there are all kinds of antennas to pick from for the back of the set. If you are able to put one on the roof, like a ground plane or a discone that would be best... just make sure you use good low loss coax and not something like RG58. Lmr-400 is a good choice.
Comet makes some popular antennas on this site that people report work great. Go by what you're planning on listening to.
Forget that telescoping Center loaded Radio Shack antenna, I used that on my first police monitor, the realistic Pro 1 slide rule dial tunable radio made by GRE for RadioShack. That was in 1967 LOL.