Hi Michael:

I've found, that if you put up "More Wire" you get " More Signal".

A John Carr book says if you Quadruple the antenna length to get a 6 DB
( Noteceable) change in signal strength. Found that to be true,

- So it sounds like what you 've got ( 200 foot multi directional ) works
pretty good !

- If you're bored, ( & hanker to terrify the neighbors, )

You COULD try ( using a different color wire to keep it straight ) put up
another 600 feet of wire on your roof

& see if it measurably increases signal strength..!

I mean, if bigger ain't better,
how do you account for Ariciebo or the Very Large Arrays, or Art Bells Huge
Loop antenna?

Antennas are a nice, cheap hobby . . ..


Dan
( R-75 & 100 feet random Wire)
& a MFJ 1046 ( usually shut off)




In article , "Michael"
writes:...

One of my two antennas is a home brew 200 ft random wire antenna. It's well
grounded and also makes use of a coax feed and an ICE-180 matching
transformer. Most importantly, it's set up and folded more like a piece of
modern art rather then an antenna :-).

Does anyone know what the heck this thing is ??? How would you classify
this antenna besides being a work of modern art ??? LOL. There has got to
be a reason behind it's performance.

Any input would be appreciate.

In short.. What the heck is it ???

--
Respectfully,

Michael