On Wed, 07 Jun 2006 20:11:28 -0500, JDL wrote:

I live in a small town north of Youngstown. I have a Sangean 505 (has
sideband) also a 622 Sangean (just receivers, no transceivers -- yet). The
reception with the built in antenna isn't very good. I want to erect some
sort of wire loop antenna, but don't know what kind of wire, what sort of
grounding, length, etc. to use. I mainly want to listen to shortwave
broadcasts like VOA, BBC, but also private hams on the sideband. I can buy
someone dinner (and pay for all materials), if they help me out erecting an
antenna. I went to Radio Shack but they were ignorant about shortwave
stuff.

Down and dirty, get about 100 feet of insulated wire from the hardware
store, attach it to your radio's external antenna terminal, run the
wire out your window, string it around the yard as high as you can,
don't run it over or under any high-power electricity lines. This will
work pretty much as well as more complicated stuff.

bob
k5qwg



Thanks,
Justin

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