"Robert11" wrote in message
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Hi,

Thank you all for the very good suggestions and comments re my previous
post on trying an antenna for receiving Maritime conversations from myt
location of around 20 miles west of Boston harbor.
Really good info. I've copied my old post below, for reference.

Think I would like to try a "dedicated" antenna.

I'm in my 70's now, and frankly, even building a really simple antenna is
probably beyond me. So, I would like to purchase a suitable one, for,
perhaps, $75 or so, max.

For a variety of reasons, would have to go in attic.

Would want it to be very directional, with "lots" of gain, and essentially
tuned for the Maritime freq's of around 155 -170 MHz, receiving only
usage.

And, I guess, not too big, so it would fit reasonably in my attic.

If anyone could suggest a "good" commercial unit, would be most
appreciative.


If you have one of those outside TV antennas, you might just try one of
those I'm not sure, but I think they would cover those frequencies - I would
turn it 'sideways' so as to have it vertically polarized.
Use twinlead, and an adapter (4-1 balun).... Then if you discover that
old tv antenna works, then go get a longer one.
(I think they have decent gain, are relatively cheap, and usually have a
good bandwidth - ) (aren't they log-periodic??)