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"RHF" wrote
First - Buy the following items:
* One Hundred Feet (100 Ft) of Coax Cable
* Eight Foot (8 Ft) Ground Rod
* A so called Magnetic Long Wire Balun (MLB)
- Palomar "MLB" Magnetic Longwire Balun @ $50
http://www.palomar-engineers.com/MLB-1/mlb-1.html
- RF Systems Magnetic Longwire Balun (MLB) @ $60
http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/antsup/1484.html
- WinRadio Long Wire Adapter @ $40
http://www.winradio.com/home/lwa.htm
http://www.grove-ent.com/WR0130.html
- The ICE 180 / ICE 182 @ $40 {My Choice}
Broadband Impedance Matching Units intended for use with HF
Lowband, Low-Noise Receiving Antennas.
ICE= http://tinyurl.com/38unr
http://www.arraysolutions.com/Produc...html#Beverage%
20Matching
- - Model 180A Shortwave Band Coverage: 1.5 - 30 MHz
- - Model 182A Medium & Shortwave Bands Coverage: 0.1 - 30 MHz

- Par Electronics EF-SWL (Use the MLB Only) @ $60
http://www.parelectronics.com/swl_end.htm
http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/sw_ant/2205.html
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Hi RHF.
This confuses me a bit, since the PAR EF-SWL has a 9:1 transformer built in.
If one gets the PAR do they connect the built in transformer to the MLB you suggest,
then run the coax to the receiver?

SANJAYA,

The Answer lays in Availability and Cost:

PAR Electronics EF-SWL (Use the MLB Only) @ $60
http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/sw_ant/2205.html
- The ICE 180 / ICE 182 @ $40 {My Choice}
- WinRadio Long Wire Adapter @ $40 (BNC Connector)
- Palomar "MLB" Magnetic Longwire Balun @ $50 {Easiest to use)

Buy the PAR and swap-out the Wire Antenna Elements for the
200-300 Ft Longwire. Save the PAR's 45 feet of genuine #14
black polyethylene coated Flex-Weave wire for a future antenna.

About "Flex-Weave" Antenna Wi
http://www.davisrf.com/ham1/flexweve.htm

Also there is the "Universal Magnetic Balun" (UMB) a Receiving
(Only) Antenna Balun with a 9:1 impedance ratio by Wellbrook, UK.
UMB= http://www.wellbrook.uk.com/UMB.html
LONGWIRE&UMB= http://www.wellbrook.uk.com/longwire.html

Do-It-Yourself Antenna Balun Kits by ByteMark
http://www.bytemark.com/products/kit_bal1.htm

iane ~ RHF
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