On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 21:44:25 GMT, james wrote
in :

On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 03:55:38 -0700, Frank Gilliland
wrote:

+++i had a starduster,good antenna, i didn't like the way it mounted,than
+++after that i got a shakespeare 18' fiberglass something like the
+++antron,lost a lot of signals compared to the starduster.also had a super
+++scanner by antenna specialist,it was 3 vertical elements, you rotate the
+++signal and not the antenna,not bad,but missed signals compared to the
+++other antennas. i always wanted to try the astro plane antenna, they
+++still make them.or the sirio, the one that looks like it's upside down.
+++the antenna i have now is the i max 2000.not bad i guess, i just want to
+++try something else.
+++
+++
+++Try building your own. Hoist it as high as possible, the higher the
+++better. Or get an el-cheapo antenna tuner ($10-20) and throw some wire
+++into a tree -- works better than any prefab antenna I've ever tried.
+++Or use the tuner to load up whatever is available: rain gutter, flag
+++pole, bed spring, 'laundry-line array'........ the only limitation is
+++your imagination.
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I heard once on ten meters a guy that loaded up his chain link fence.

Heck it radiated. Probably has a funny pattern but if someone answers
back it is okay.

james


I've done that with the neighbor's fence before. In fact I made it the
antenna for my first shortwave radio. Worked fine for me. The only
problem was whenever they opened the gate I would have to retune.