On Jun 24, 11:27*am, Mike wrote:
On Jun 24, 10:31*am, bpnjensen wrote:

On Jun 23, 10:32*pm, Mike wrote:

AUSTRALIA. 15415. RA, Shepparton, in Indonesian at 0515 UTC,
June 24. News until 0515, RA "Waltzing Matilda" bridge mx, into
vocal mx in Indonesian. Weak to fair. (Icom R75, Mike Bryant,
Louisville, KY)

Pretty decent that time of night. *What antenna do you use?

I live in a community where external antennas are prohibited. But,
that
log used an external of 80' of wire hidden on the inside of the
wooden
privacy fence around my patio. I have several hidden externals that do
pretty well, particularly with the preamps on the R75. Right now, I'm
trying
to lay a 100' foot external around the foundation base of my home.

Mike Bryant

For a 'stealth' Fence Antenna use 300 Ohm
Twin-Lead as a long thin Loop Antenna.

Build a Nailing Tool to mount the Twin-Lead

Small piece of Wood that is 'notched' to Center
the Twin Lead in it; with a Groove to Locate and
Center the Nail between the Outer Wires of the
Twin-Lead.

"Jig" Nailing Tool for Twin-Lead
[End-View]
==== - Side 3/16" ~ 1/4"
== - - - Notch 3/32" ~ 1/8"
- - - Center Nail Groove
== - - - Notch
==== - Side
[Top View]
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====================[ - Center Nail Groove
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-note- Centering the Nail is important so that
you do not damage the Twin-Lead Wires; and
the 'Jig' also helps to keep the Head of the Nail
about an 1/8" away from the Wires. The Nails
mainly keep the Twin-Lead 'on' {Attached-to}
the Fence and the Twin-Lead taught between
the Nails. Place the Nails about every 6~/8
Feet and at corners and bends. Some may
prefer to use short thin Aluminum Nails over
Galvanized Steel Nails;
http://www.buy.com/prod/common-alumi...208051796.html
and others may choose to use Aluminum
Roofing Nails with Washers which are a
bit to big {thick} for my taste.
http://www.greatnorthernmfg.com/al_r...ithwashers.htm

Matching :
Use a TV 300 Ohm to 75 Ohm Matching Transformer
between the Twin-Lead and the RG-6 'Quad' Coax
Cable.
http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...ductId=2103912

Connect the Far-End Twin-Lead Wires together so
that the Twin Lead forms a very thin Loop Antenna
* Note - Some put a Open/Closed Switch here at
the Far-End to be able to switch between the long
thin Loop Antenna and/to parallel twin wires {Linear
Dipole}. While others put a Switch at the Mid-Point
of one of the Wires to be able to switch between the
long thin Loop Antenna and/to one long half-folded
back wire plus one short wire.

Mount the Twin-Lead toward the top of the Wooden
Fence; about 4~5 Feet above the ground.

This is a very 'quiet' Antenna; and you will swear that
there is nothing 'there'; until you tune-in a Station and
it seams to Pop-Up out of the nothingness.

iane ~ RHF