I've used these type of antennas for years. The wire is necessarily thin which makes it somewhat brittle, and my first one (which I bought from Radio Shack over 20 years ago) eventually got tangled up inside and broke. But I got my money's worth. I've now bought two more so I can keep one at home and one at our vacation place.

They work well and are nice to pack for travel/camping. Sure, you can just use a random length of wire, but these are much easier to deal with and the included adapter is nice (The Radio Shack version didn't have the plug, only the clip to snap over an antenna).

I can recommend this.

Good little antenna. I get more channels than I did without it. When you are dying for any new in English when you are in the God-forsaken nowhere lands of the world, this is super handy. Does what it is supposed to do, and that's really all you want in something like this, right?

Small and compact antenna. It greatly increases the reception of the Eton Radio. All you need is some poles or a few trees, near by to string it between and you are done. You could even string it between houses if you really like your neighbors.

This is a very impressive gadget.

I bought this antenna, because I was upgrading my handheld shortwave radio. The antenna included with the set was enough to pick up some very powerful stations, but I was interested in being able to re-create my childhood experience of listening to stations in Asia, Africa, and Europe.

Certainly this antenna, the Sangean ANT-60 Short Wave Antenna, was able to deliver. Interestingly enough, shortwave radio extension is not my main use for it now though. The antenna comes with both a jack (1/8 inch) as well as a clip extension. My main computer is at the opposite end of the house from my Wi-Fi transmitter. One day I thought, "would the antenna extender increase the range of for the fidelity of my Wi-Fi reception on my main computer?"

Somewhat surprisingly, the answer was a resounding yes summation point, I was able to get a 13 dB increase in my receptivity on my computer. Antenna extension has not left my office since then. :-)

In addition to its usefulness, the antenna extender is very well designed. It comes with the carrying case that allows the cable to be rolled (and has a handy finger whole to allow you to quickly retract the cable). It also has the clip extender that allows it to be used even on equipment that doesn't have Jack receptacle.

I am very impressed with this product.

One caveat, I do not recall seeing in the packaging material that this was an indoor item, but I highly recommend that it be used in an indoor environment. (You would probably want to have your plastic coating and a larger gauge wire for an outdoor application.)

The product is constructed fine. I got it to use with my Grundig Satellit 750 radio, and I notice no difference in reception using it. Yes, I set the antenna settings properly. So I probably wouldn't buy it again, but maybe I just need to adjust how I have the antenna set up.