[RichG]

Hi Ron, I found that my 41-255 does perform fairly well on the shortwave bands. But, like you said, the impedance matching is already built in. I did try another antenna option, the radio wants a long wire antenna so I made another one out of CAT5 cable. I cut off about an 8 foot length of cable and wired the twisted pairs in series with one another. So I ended up with 32 feet of antenna that is folded on itself. It is end fed, the other end is not grounded. It works rather well, and, unfortunately, so does the static. I coiled the cable into a loose coil and that made a reduction in the static. But it also made a big difference in SW reception. Whereas my loop did not do very well on SW reception. I still think the antenna padders need to be checked with the loop attached. Probably grasping at straws!!
Let me know how your homemade loop works on your 39-25.
Rich