Hi Hiker David

- Congratulations on your GrundigYB 300 ( Yeah !! )

I occasionally take one SWR out whilst hiking here in the N.E.; near NYC

use it with headphones as not to scare the Deer / other hikers.

.. No RFout there , works pretty good !
wrote down a bunch of catches once;
some quite far away; & just off the whip & Headphone chord ( which Also acts as
an antenna).


Questions:
Does it/should it matter which direction the ext antena goes? also would a
longer antenna be better?
North / South is a good choice; or whatever layout you can use..

So far..the external antenna does not seem to be making much difference..but
not experimented much with it yet.


A Double in length gives you about a 3db ( Barely audible) change;
- so more than double is usually better;
I have over 100, works fine for me !

Should the antenna be mostly outdoors or is indoors good enough?

Away from electrical stuff is usually best, & that means outdoors or at least
taped to the window glass.. Outside is better.

instructions:

( See below)

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MATERIALS

Some Stranded, Insulated copper wire from Radio shack
Colors so it matches the bricks / outside of your building

Some stick-on Cord holders
One tube clear Silicone sealer glue
One black magic marker
One Rusty red magic marker
A roll of Duct tape color of outside of apt.

One Mop
One piece of twine or string.

PROCEDU

See how far it is in between two windows of your Apt..

Measure out a piece of string this distance + ~ 6 - 8 feet.
Attach a small soft edged weight to it.

( Look Outside to see no one is looking !! )

Secure curious household pets

Open Both Windows.
Insert mop part way out one]
Close that window to secure mop handle

Run over to the other window QUICK!
Take the twine with the weight on it & (without risking life & limb)
Toss the string over the mop.
Secure the end of that end of the string with a bit of slack
Close that window
Run over to the other window with the mop that has the twine handing down off
it

Pull the mop in
Close the window.
NOW
Attach stranded wire to the end of the string.
Slightly open window
Run over to other window.
Open it & pull in string until wire / string connection is through..

Pull in enough so that wire will reach SWR
Attach wire to SWR.
Close window.

- That's basically it. Modify as needed.

You can take Square stick -on cord holders
Camouflage them with magic Markers, &
Silicone glue them to the outside corners of the window,
Then loop more wire

( DONT FALL OUT WHEN DOING THIS !!)

around the cord holders. This makes the antenna longer.
repeat for other windows..This should help lots..

( Works for me !!)

~ Dan ~