In article . com,
"RHF" wrote:

Steve - Sound like you had a 'mini'
Beverage-on-the-Ground (BOG) Antenna. ~ RHF
http://www.hard-core-dx.com/nordicdx...age/view1.html
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Car DXing - by Hans Johnson
http://www.anarc.org/naswa/issues/0898/swc0898.html

. . . . .

This is not a mini-Beverage. A Beverage needs to be near but off the
ground.

The snake antenna uses a coax with the outer shorted to inner at the far
end from the radio.

A wire on the ground is just a wire on the ground and as you found out
will pick up signals. depending on what you need it to do it can be a
good antenna.

I occasionally take a portable (Sony 7600G) to the park and listen to
Australia on 21,740 during the day. I elevate a wire in the trees to get
better reception and this is on a hill over looking the pacific ocean.

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Telamon
Ventura, California