Ok – Now I’ve mentioned the Sony shortwave radio a couple times. It comes with a little (maybe 23 foot?) random wire antenna that really boosts reception over the internal “whip” antenna. In fact, I like using a wire antenna instead of the built in whip when possible. Let’s face it, the radio signals that you’re trying to pickup when listening to shortwave are MUCH longer than that whip antenna, in ideal you should have a bigger antenna.