you could always just get a random wire tuner..... like the mfj 16030 or
something like that, forgot the model number.. where you take any length
of wire (I think it's 8 feet minimum) and turn the dials until you get the
strongest signal strength on the frequency you're listening too....
I have heard of people living in apartments getting them, running a piece of
wire to a raingutter (metal) and tuning it.... turning the entire
apartment's network
of raingutters into a large recieving antenna.

Clint

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A quote from Paul Cook, a typical "understanding
and tolerant" liberal...

"People like you really have no place in a civilized society although that
same society does try to accommodate you. You're basically an idiot who
takes advantage of what a society has to offer each and every single day
yet
you refuse to acknowledge its cost or its benefits to you. "


Facts are to socialists what crosses are to vampires

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"DaveC" wrote in message
al.net...
My brother is a serious SWL'er with a recent model of Drake SW receiver.
He
listens exclusively to 30MHz.

He has asked me (the family electronics geek) what his options are for an
antenna on his balcony. (The management doesn't allow anything on the roof
of
the building.) The balcony is a roofed 6 ft x 8 ft affair.

Is it possible to put a loop antenna, coiled inside the balcony roof, each
coil being supported, possibly, by a custom plexiglas support in each
corner?


I'm open to other possibilties, but with the limited space, I quickly run
out
of ideas.

I know about the center-fed masts, such as
http://www.radio-ware.com/products/asb3.htm
but I'd like to help him with an inexpensive DIY solution, if possible.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
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Dave C