On 12/19/2010 5:48 PM, Joe from Kokomo wrote:

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Yes, you are right, it will pick up signals a smaller antenna will not.
On this we agree.

The "difficult concept" that *you* keep overlooking is that FOR THE
RECEIVER THE OP ASKED ABOUT, the front end of said receiver, is *not*
designed for a very long antenna.

If you have a communications receiver with good front end selectivity,
the longer antenna will indeed be better. However, that was *not* the
type of receiver the OP was asking about.

To summarize, in the *general* case, you are correct that a longer
antenna is better; in the *specific* case that the OP actually asked
about, longer is NOT better. You seem to keep addressing the general
case while I and others are actually addressing the OP's specific case.

No. You don't know how to use a long antenna with such a receiver, that
is the only problem. And, it sounds like you believe no one else is
capable and has knowledge of how to make it work just fine. And, this
all appears to place you in a position where you are either unwilling or
unable to get the skills and knowledge.

Regards,
JS