Diverd4777 wrote:

Outdoor antenna for an Apt

MATERIALS

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

Radio Shack sells speaker wire that has a brownish plastic coating on
it. Works just as good as that bare copper wire they sell as a SW
antenna, and it's less prone to rot.


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 !!)




In article , "Pierre L"
writes:


It can be hard to get reception inside an apartment building like that.

The quickest, easiest solution (and one that can easily be moved when you
need it to another room on another side of the building) is just one of
those little wind up portable antennae. Just make sure it's secure and it
can't fall on anyone, and hang it out the window when you want to listen. It
should make a world of difference. If you're new to SW, you should also be
aware that there are various times during the day when there isn't much to
pick up out there.

Pierre