Ya I know, if I move it to right angles the length will shorten to around
40ft. Do you think it would make much difference ?
"Allodoxaphobia" wrote in message
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On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 10:15:37 -0500, Jeff Dieterle wrote:
I'm inside an office inside an old brick and steel factory and can get
very
little AM reception, only a few of the stations located in the same
city. I
ran RG6-U coax to the roof of the factory (appx.100ft) and considered
buying
a loop antenna but at this groups suggestion connected the coax to a long
wire. The stations I'm interested in are Indianapolis 1070kc and Chicago
670kc & 1000kc. I installed 200ft of #12ga insulated wire that is
orientated
in line with these 2 cities and .....
^^^^^^^
???????

In-line? The wire should be broadside to the desired path of propagation.


... I can get these stations fine
in the daytime with a reasonable amount of static but at night the static
increases severely. Is there anything else I can do to make this a
better
antenna.

You never mention how far away you are from "... Indianapolis 1070kc and
Chicago 670kc & 1000kc." That'll have a LARGE bearing on the day/night
reception question.

Jonesy
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