Well,k depending on what you want to listen to like the HF bands that are
opened in the day timare not sensative, but handy from time to time, and
the lower TV channels.  Believe it or not last summer with the ruber duck
I was able to get into a lot of repeaters with band openings and I shocked
a lot o eople when I told them my set up.





On Mon, 11 Nov 2002, Butch Bussen wrote:

> I havne't done a lot of playing on the lower bands, but would suggest the
> sensativity isn't great at all.  It is handy though for monitor one's
> transmit audio and stuff like that.  I tried a  telescopic whip on mine
> with an adapter and still don't find the sensativity all that great on say
> channel 33.  NOt sure what to use for an antenna there.  I may hook it up
> to the ifr and see what the sensativity actually is.
> 73s
> Butch Bussen
> wa0vjr
>