[kg4wpt]

Thanks again !! I've got an eight foot ground rod that I installed a few months ago that's already in place, so I'll use it, (got tired of giving the Sat T.V. folks 110.00 every month....it was money better spent on old Philcos !!!). I'm going to try to run a 150 ft longwire antenna in the spring, just gotta figure out how to run the antenna through the wall since it's brick. The radio does have the internal antenna and does as well as can be expected with it.....but I'm hoping that the shortwave and BC bands both improve with the longwire. Thanks again......I really appreciate it !!!!! Al