Al Arduengo schrieb:

While I have you here, I am admittedly the newest swler on the face of
the planet so I ask: does using the external wire antenna imply it must
be strung out to it's full length *outside* or would stringing it out as
far as possible around the ceiling in a room make any sense?

An outdoor antenna is usually better since it picks up less in-house
noise; in-house noise sources can be really nasty. (When our TV is on, I
can pretty much forget about weaker stations on 20 and 15 meters. My
high-tech indoor antenna is a few meters of Sony AN-71 windup antenna
wire, hope I'll be able to put up a decent semi-outdoor one soon.) Of
course, it's also necessary to care for lightning protection then.

Well, some meters of wire indoors is still better than nothing -
experiment.

Is there a SW listening FAQ?

There used to be a group FAQ centuries ago:
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/radio/monit...shortwave-faq/

Other helpful sources of information:
http://www.dxing.com/
http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/
http://www.radiointel.com/

Stephan
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