"Jackie" wrote:

Dwight... just now seeing your reply...
thanks! This is JUST what I was
looking for. I guess there is more
room to experiment with antennas that
just receive as opposed to antennas for
ham radios... not as "necessary" to get
that perfect 50 ohms match. I'm sure
I'll have fun experimenting.


Exactly. Everything is less critical when no transmitter is involved. So,
while one wants to keep the rules in mind with a receive only antenna, there
is a lot more room to play around and even flat out break all the rules. My
current antenna would probably destroy a transmitter in very short order
(I'd hate to guess what the SWR might be), but it works fairly well with my
scanner. The wire antenna for my shortwave receiver is even more, um,
unusual.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

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"Dwight Stewart" wrote in message
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The wire antenna for my shortwave receiver is even more, um,
unusual.

Sounds... interesting. What is it?

Jackie

"Jackie" wrote:
"Dwight Stewart" wrote:

The wire antenna for my shortwave receiver
is even more, um, unusual.

Sounds... interesting. What is it?


A very small, micro-thin, wire ran around the entire ceiling of the
apartment (right where the wall meets the ceiling), fed into a
tuner/pre-amp. To keep visibility low, the wire is glued in place (a tiny
touch of Elmer's school glue about every foot). Even though wire is running
throughout the apartment, it is virtually invisible (only one person has
noticed it, but only because he traced it out from the radio). The ceiling
is textured, so when I leave, any glue that remains will simply look like
the normal rough ceiling surface.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

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"Dwight Stewart" wrote in message
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A very small, micro-thin, wire ran around the entire ceiling of the
apartment (right where the wall meets the ceiling), fed into a
tuner/pre-amp. To keep visibility low, the wire is glued in place (a tiny
touch of Elmer's school glue about every foot.

That's something that I could do here. Thanks for the ideas Dwight...

Jackie

"Jackie" wrote:

"Dwight Stewart" wrote:

A very small, micro-thin, wire ran around
the entire ceiling of the apartment (right
where the wall meets the ceiling), fed into a
tuner/pre-amp. To keep visibility low, the
wire is glued in place (a tiny touch of Elmer's
school glue about every foot.

That's something that I could do here.
Thanks for the ideas Dwight...


It works, but it's real overkill. In my case, it's done now so I use it
with the shortwave. But I probably wouldn't do it again. Instead, I'd
probably look into some type of folded wire antenna that is less intrusive.
Luckily, antennas for scanners are much shorter than antennas for a
shortwave receiver. Take care, Jackie.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/