"Dwight Stewart" wrote in message link.net...
"Bert Craig" wrote:

Well, from the information you've provided, I can safely
assume that your apartment is at least on the second
floor. (Unless your landlord lives in the basement.) You
can probably get away with operating at night with a
wire hung from the balcony with a tuner. (snip)


I've given up on this place. There is simply no hope of getting a decent
signal out of here. My wife finishes school next year. Until then, I'm pretty
much stuck with mobile operation.

No way! Don't give up and lose a whole year of desktop operating.
Check this out:

This: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ategory=46 74

....plus this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ategory=46 72

....& maybe this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tegory=48 711

Equals worldwide DX. Approx. 2 bills all said and done.

73 de Bert
WA2SI