"dxAce" wrote in message
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DJ wrote:

If I use a Budwig Dipole Center Insulator
(http://www.k1cra.com/images/products/original/299.jpg) for my random
length long wire antenna, should the length of the wire coming off each
side
of the center insulator be equal?

My yard will allow me to have one side of the insulator about 200 feet
long
and the other side only about 50 feet. Should I even mess with the
center
insulator and just go with a random length of wire?

I am just running this into a DX398 for occasional shortwave listening.

For your purposes you'd be better off just running a random length of
wire. And
since you're running a portable you probably won't want to make that wire
to
terribly long as you might overload the radio.

Thanks, overload is an issue. The 398 has a limited gain control. Is there
a receiver that can handle 200+ feet of wire without overload problems?