It's needed for the reception (6)

I believe the answer is:

aerial

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(Other definitions for aerial that I've seen before include "Ethereal" , "Operating aloft" , "Device for radio transmissions" , "Rod for receiving radio waves" , "Rod or antenna for receiving signals" .)

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