ASW wrote:

Hi, I am going ot setup my own random/longwire.

I have alread about 50 feet of 50 Ohm RG-6 for the lead in.


I have about 50 feet of 2 conductor speaker wire, and about 200 feet of 4
conducter telephone wire.


Both of these are very useable

First am I going to need a 9:1 transformer to make this work? My input is
supposed to be 50 Ohm.


It is not necessary but may help. An impedance matching device may work
better than the balun or a tuner



Is a sloper omni directional? If not which end goes to what area I want to
listen to?

Slopers hear better the direction they are pointed but still hear well
in several directions in my experience


Thanks!
Ant






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