"David" wrote in message
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On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 13:25:52 GMT, "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


You're losing at least half your signal. These match the wire to the
cable.

http://www.geocities.com/qrp_baluns/LM.html


Hi David
I visited the website you mentioned. and think the LMZ-50 would be best for
me.
How exactly does this work please, do I simply connect the longwire to the
balun, and the run coax from balun to radio via cb coax.
thanks
Rikk