On Jun 27, 1:57 pm, "Dave" wrote:
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There is a lot of stormy weather rolling around in some parts of America
today It is stormy with thunder and lightning here right now and I hear
some hail falling down on top of the aluminum roof of my carport right
now.
www.halandmals.com Mal's St.Paddy Parade, the weather link.
cuhulin

Maybe that's part of it. I just checked again, and am able to pull in WWV
on 10 MHz and 15 MHz, but it's poor reception. Still, it's there, so I
guess it's just a conspiracy of circumstances keeping me from testing my
latest improvement on the perpetual project.


- Dave
- 110' of wire clipped to the whip of a Sony 7600GR, in Houston TX.

Dave,

# 1 - Consider using a good 'earthen' Ground
with your Radio and Antenna.

# 2 - Use the Radio's External Antenna Jack {Input}
for your Wire Antenna -vice- a direct connection to
the Whip Antenna.

# 3 - Experiment with a 'shorter' Wire Antenna Element
- - - Often 35 Feet to 60 Feet of outside Wire Antenna
will work well with a 'portable' AM/FM Shortwave Radio :
While a longer piece of Wire simply causes RF Signal
Overload and more Static Noise to be heard on the
Radio.

# 4 - Read these Messages :

* Tune-A-Stick -and- Portable Wire Antenna (PWA) for
Whip Antenna Couplers to External Shortwave Listener
(SWL) Antennas
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...c73c4c94625fc7

* Overload Reducing Shortwave Listening (SWL) Antenna
for 'portable' AM/FM Shortwave Radios
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...ba8354278d095d

* Low Cost {Basic} Portable Shortwave Listening (SWL)
Antenna Ideas
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...a3384f07142a77


hope this helps - iane ~ RHF