My thanks to all who replied. I had a chance today (rare day off)
to try a few experiemnts of my own, and decided my original 60' random
wire - with the new addition of a coax drop to the antenna terminal,
rather than being end fed by the antenna itself - was my best solution.

Fortunately, I live "out in the country", and have only one close
neighbor - if you want to call 100 yards away "close". Ambient noise is
not as much of a problem for me as it would be for some.

Tony


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