John Smith wrote:
RHF wrote:

...
"N",

Don't know too many 'Hams' would would take 50 Feet
of common Speaker Wire and tie-a-knot at 30 Feet and
then split the two Wires in the remaining 20 Feet and
use the thing as a "Stealth" Dipole Antenna with their
Transmitter -but- a Shortwave Radio Listener (SWL)
can do that and have a very practical SWL Antenna
to use with many 'portable' AM&FM Shortwave Radios.

50-Ft. 24-Gauge Clear 2-Conductor Speaker Wire
RadioShack Catalog # 278-1301
http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...ductId=2102499

"n" - practically speaking {in practice} there is a
difference between between hams and swls ~ RHF
.
.


I have taken ordinary lamp zip cord, split the two leads apart to for a
1/4 wave dipole and fed the end of the remaining length of zip cord with
a balun to the rig (some zip cord is ~68-72 ohm balanced line, the
mismatch is more than acceptable for field/emergency use.)

Never, say never ... some ham will do it!

Regards,
JS
Yes,some ham will do it, with a 3 Watt transmitter tucked into a Sucrets
tin, and work 50 countries with his zip cord dipole.

Dave wrote:

...
I have taken ordinary lamp zip cord, split the two leads apart to for
a 1/4 wave dipole and fed the end of the remaining length of zip cord
with a balun to the rig (some zip cord is ~68-72 ohm balanced line,
the mismatch is more than acceptable for field/emergency use.)

Never, say never ... some ham will do it!

Regards,
JS
Yes,some ham will do it, with a 3 Watt transmitter tucked into a Sucrets
tin, and work 50 countries with his zip cord dipole.

Now, I'd say, "That's the spirit!"

Warm regards,
JS