Cecil Moore wrote:
wrote:
This is a very general question. I'm looking for a very 'general'
answer, nothing particularly specific or 'brand' oriented.
What is a good listening or SWL antenna? Range would be from the
broadcast bands up through VHF/UHF.
For general SWLing, it's hard to beat a twinlead
center-fed dipole. For VHF/UHF, a discone is probably
a good choice. (VHF/UHF is not SW)
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Indeed for VHF-UHF a discone is reasonably universal.
For MF-HF a twinlead centre-fed dipole is great but one should include a
matching box (tuner if you like ) to get the best out of this antenna,to
connect it to any receiver (usually having an unbalanced antenna
connection)
Otherwise a length of 'free-hanging'wire will be good enough .
Frank GM0CSZ / KN6WH