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Hobby DXing the type and kind that most people do does not require much money , a All channel fringe antenna a antenna rotator.

A Winegard HD7082P or HD7084P or CM3679 antenna.

The channel Master antenna rotator CM9521A.

Atmospheric conditions and day or night conditions and seasons of year and more all play a part in DX.

I used a CM3679 for some of my Dxing.

Yes the C5 can work well for casual Dxing.

Go antennadirect.com and look at the reception pattern of the C5.

The thing about casual DXing is that when the signal is in --> it is in , and usually strong.

A low gain preamp such as CPA-19 can be used to keep the signal strength form going to low when the signal strength is going up and down like roller coaster.

Then there are the hard core Dxers over time they have put big dollars in to their elaborate systems and antennas , they are after the signals that are impossible to get.