Chris,

A friend of mine has used the 'roll up' antenna which used to be, and may
still be, available from Radio Shack.  I have used my THF6A with a
SMA/SO239 adapter and have used my H F beam on ten meters.  It was fun; the
receiver worked okay, but isn't h f transceiver competitive.  But a nice
add on to a handheld.

Pat, K9JAUAt 08:39 PM 7/29/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>Hello,
>I'm asking this question for the icom t90 but it would also be appropriate
>for the kenwood thf6a
>I'm interested in tuning in some shortwave and am stations, but the
>supplied rubber duck isn't designed for hf reception.  Has anyone improved
>low band reception with other antennas.
>tnx and 73
>Chris w1gm