[catman]

G'day all, I acquired this old but perfectly working old National Panasonic radio from a local Ham Radio convention some years ago.

A while back quite by accident I discovered this 'loop' antenna which apparently is the inbuilt external short wave antenna. When fully 'extended' it is actually quite effective.

Rather different to the possibly more usual telescopic whip type of shortwave antenna. How common was this antenna 'arrangement'? I suspect that the radio dates from the late 1960's or perhaps early 1970's. Any thoughts or comments? Regards, Felix (vk4fuq) aka catman.