Outside Antenna
Hi
I live in a rural area. nearest city is 6 miles
thanks
Rikk
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Rikk wrote:
Hi
I am wondering if I have my longwire set correctly, maybe you could
advise
please.
At the moment I have a sloping long-wire of about 50 foot, going from the
top of a mast on my house about 35 foot tall to the top of a washing
line
post about 12 foot tall. I have connected the lonwire to my radio by
means
of CB-coax, what I have done is to attach the centre core of the coax to
the
longwire and I have cut the outer sheath on the coax near to the ground
and
connected an earhtwire that is soldered to a cold water main supply pipe
as
an earth.
Only the centre wire on the coax is connected to the actual longwire.
Is there a way I could do better.
I am thinking about getting an active antenna, the Sony AN-1
Would this work better for me or is there a better alternative available.
I am running an Icom R72
thanks
Rikk
This looks like a good design.
An AN-LP1 wil not do much compared to your current rig.
What are the RF conditions like ; is it a " radio Quiet / Electronics
Quiet"rural area
or are ou in the midst of an urban area..
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