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July 21st 03, 02:10 PM

In article ,
says...

Frank White wrote:

In article ,
says...

Ok guys and Gals, here is one for the more technically minded of you )

I'm going to cross-post this to RRS, as the real radio technos
live over there...

If I want to try and improve the reception on my car radio or home based
SW
radio (to for example pick up weather broadcasts or news broadcasts in
a
remote location), the normal route is to extend the length of the ariel
????
How ever when I have tried this with my Roberts 886 world band all I get
is
more very loud interference.

So how do I extend the length of an ariel using a wire to improve
reception
without picking up more interference?

Steve

The secret word where antennas are concerned is...

Slinky.

I don't know why they work, but they do.

FW

They work because they are made of metal. :-)

Well, yeah. But so's a hundrded feet of stretched out wire.
And when you can attach an antenna wire to a Slinky, hang it
out a window, and get BETTER reception than the hundred feet
of wire...

Then you're getting into occult realms.

^_^

FW