I own the radio's in question E1 and R8.....Noticably better with the Eton?,
probably not. The Eton is probably as sensitive as the R8 but will give
you selectable sideband sync reception and will hold sync better than the
R8....however, in 90% of cases, the R8 will do just fine.

I also have owned the AOR 7030 but sold it off....beautiful radio but the
operator interface is totally unfriendly, never was able to warm up to all
the intense button-pushing just to get around function changes, memories,
etc.

Good luck and DX
"Telamon" wrote in message
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In article ,
"DeWayne" wrote:

I have a Drake R8 and an AOR LA-380 desktop loop antenna. MW seems ok
with
this setup, but I am wondering if I could get noticeably better MW with
the
Eton E1 and this antenna.

You would be better off with a R8B.

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Telamon
Ventura, California