Most popular broadband rigs like the VX1-7, THF6A, IC1-10 and others are just plain dead when it comes to receiving AM, HF ham bands or shortwave with the supplied rubber duck antenna.  They say, "Use a large outdoor antenna for these bands."  So what's handheld about that?

Now the Ducker IL (inline) gives you all the portable performance you've wanted.  The Ducker provides as much as a whopping 30dB gain on low-frequency receive, using the original rubber duck.  Ham, shortwave, even AM broadcast comes booming in like you've never heard before!

The Ducker IL plugs right into your radio, with the original rubber duck mounted on top. The exclusive Miracle Whip C-VAT autotransformer tuning system lets you dial in the frequency of your choice with convenient, single knob tuning, peaking up receive signals that you never thought you'd hear on your radio.  

And you retain full access to VHF/UHF transmit with just a click of the dial.  Imagine - your little handheld now receives everything from AM broadcast up to high UHF, and you can still operate 2 meters, 220 and 450 with the same antenna. Finally your rig lives up to its promise!

Ok, we can't promise you'll work a lot of DX with the Ducker IL and your rubber duck, but you can transmit on HF with the Ducker - depending on the antenna, it'll tune most of the HF ham bands on transmit as well as receive.  You can use it for local HF communications, testing, troubleshooting, or just playing around to see what you can do.  You can also plug a coax feed into the Ducker IL and tune a remotely mounted antenna or even a random wire.  Use it on your 817 and work the world. If your radio can TX on the band, the Ducker can probably tune it! 

So will you be the first to work DX with a duck?  Someone's going to do it one day...