Hi Gang The external preamp I like for use with the Pennant is the ECP1 - (Elbert County Preamp) from Lance Johnson Engineering, in Colorado. It is a fine product and vy wx-proofed. Lance has an email adr lance@diac.com 73 and GL Jeff -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/FAQ/topband Submissions: topband@contesting.com Administrative requests: topband-REQUEST@contesting.com Problems: owner-topband@contesting.com