{"id":35799,"date":"2019-01-30T09:45:51","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T13:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=35799"},"modified":"2019-01-31T07:54:02","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T11:54:02","slug":"sony-icf-sw100-whip-vs-de31ms-active-vs-sony-an-lp1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/sony-icf-sw100-whip-vs-de31ms-active-vs-sony-an-lp1\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony ICF-SW100: Whip vs. DE31MS active vs. Sony AN-LP1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y3TnREIC1NY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/y3TnREIC1NY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Guest Post by: Troy Riedel<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a while since I posted a video on my YouTube Channel (but I&#8217;ve gotten the urge to make several more videos as I&#8217;ve been recently comparing my equipment &#8211; 16 portable receivers &amp; many antennas).<\/p>\n<p>I try to tune in to Radio Prague via WRMI on many weekday East Coast USA mornings from 1300-1325 UTC. Yesterday I encountered bad propagation but today was much better.\u00a0 The video linked to this post is from today &#8211; 30JAN2019 recorded around 1310 UTC.<\/p>\n<p>[Sorry, no tripod for this one]<\/p>\n<p>People often ask,<a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/the-truth-about-portable-amplified-shortwave-antennas\/\"> &#8220;are amplified antennas helpful&#8221; &#8211; as evidenced by this post from Thomas<\/a> from a few years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Without repeating the debate, just take a look at this <em>one example<\/em>.\u00a0 As stated, reception was pretty good today off the little whip &#8211; but &#8211; there is an improvement using an amplified antenna.\u00a0 My question: is there a difference between the two amplified antennas?\u00a0 And if so, is the difference worth the price?<\/p>\n<p>My TG34 is a clone of the DE31MS &#8211; purchased from\u00a0Tquchina Radio &amp; Component\u00a0(ebay user: Tao Qu &#8230; they used to have an eBay store &#8220;Sino Radios&#8221; if I recall, but they stopped selling on eBay when the Post started cracking down on shipment of batteries &#8211; I actually exchanged an email with a frustrated Tao Qu when they closed the store).<\/p>\n<p>I paid about $21 if I recall for my TG34 (the DE31MS is available today on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebay.com\/sch\/i.html?_from=R40&amp;_nkw=DE31MS&amp;_sacat=0&amp;_sop=15\">eBay for as little as $17.28<\/a>).\u00a0 I paid over $100 for the Sony AN-LP1 (out of production now and can be listed for as high as $300 on eBay).\u00a0 So &#8230; $21 versus &#8220;over $100&#8221;.\u00a0 Is there a difference &#8211; and if so &#8211; <strong>is it 5x the difference &#8211; 5x better<\/strong>?!<\/p>\n<p>You be the judge.<\/p>\n<p>P.S. Just a quick slightly over 1-minute video recorded inside my house (sitting in my breakfast nook) &#8230; typically &#8220;okay&#8221; reception but not my usual Listening Post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here to view on YouTube. Guest Post by: Troy Riedel It&#8217;s been a while since I posted a video on my YouTube Channel (but I&#8217;ve gotten the urge to make several more videos as I&#8217;ve been recently comparing my equipment &#8211; 16 portable receivers &amp; many antennas). I try to tune in to Radio [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4199,3607,3194,3196,43,304],"tags":[6700,1621,3395,5480,4581],"class_list":["post-35799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accessories","category-antennas","category-guest-posts","category-portable-radio","category-shortwave-radio","category-videos","tag-affordable-swl-antennas","tag-amplified-shortwave-antennas","tag-sony-icf-sw100","tag-sony-icf-sw100s","tag-troy-riedel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-9jp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23522,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/the-diminutive-but-brilliant-sony-icf-sw100-a-few-autumnwinter-dx-catches\/","url_meta":{"origin":35799,"position":0},"title":"The diminutive but brilliant Sony ICF-SW100: a few autumn\/winter DX catches","author":"Clint Gouveia","date":"January 20, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi there, I posted an article on this brilliant little radio a few months ago because\u00a0it had demonstrated a level of performance way beyond my expectations. 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I\u2019ve been an SWL\u2019er since the early-90s.\u00a0 Due to the decline of international broadcasters, \u201ccollecting\u201d\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Guest Posts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Guest Posts","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/guest-posts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/SonyICFSW100c-300x200.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":23238,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/oxford-shortwave-log-sony-icf-sw77-vs-icf-sw55-vs-tecsun-pl-310et\/","url_meta":{"origin":35799,"position":3},"title":"Oxford Shortwave Log: Sony ICF-SW77 vs ICF-SW55 vs Tecsun PL-310ET","author":"Clint Gouveia","date":"January 9, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi there, I recently posted an article regarding a couple of recent DX catches with the Sony ICF-SW77 receiver and went on to explain the background to a multi-receiver test I had started conducting, comparing it with its stablemate of the time the ICF-SW55 and, just for the hell of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/sw77b-300x169.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":24471,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/an-edc-bag-for-the-classic-sony-icf-sw100-receiver\/","url_meta":{"origin":35799,"position":4},"title":"An EDC Bag for the Classic Sony ICF-SW100 Receiver","author":"Guy Atkins","date":"March 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"In a 2014 article, this site's administrator Thomas Witherspoon introduced readers to the CIA's Survival Kit which is housed in a superbly sturdy waistpack, the Maxpedition M-2. 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