"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)

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

"Dwight Stewart" wrote in message
ink.net...

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/