Will it harm the 7600 reel antenna to leave it outside? Anyone else do this?
 

Hi. After a painstaking process of hanging my reel antenna outside,
clipped to the rim of the roof, and putting the screen to the window
back on, I am reluctant to bring the reel back inside every time I want
to try shortwave reception. I want to simply leave it hooked up
outside, in the wind, rain and snow. Is this acceptable? What is the
consensus about my decision? Is it a bad idea?

Will it harm the 7600 reel antenna to leave it outside? Anyone else do this?
 

Use a crummy piece of speaker wire instead. No difference in abilities. No
harm done to reel-up ant....



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Hi. After a painstaking process of hanging my reel antenna outside,
clipped to the rim of the roof, and putting the screen to the window
back on, I am reluctant to bring the reel back inside every time I want
to try shortwave reception. I want to simply leave it hooked up
outside, in the wind, rain and snow. Is this acceptable? What is the
consensus about my decision? Is it a bad idea?

Will it harm the 7600 reel antenna to leave it outside? Anyone else do this?
 

On 23 Dec 2006 07:05:35 -0800, "dead of night"
wrote:
Hi. After a painstaking process of hanging my reel antenna outside,
clipped to the rim of the roof, and putting the screen to the window
back on, I am reluctant to bring the reel back inside every time I want
to try shortwave reception. I want to simply leave it hooked up
outside, in the wind, rain and snow. Is this acceptable? What is the
consensus about my decision? Is it a bad idea?

(See previous post about this.) If I wanted to use the reel antenna
outside, I'd just throw the "reel" away and use the wire and clip. I
mean, do you really need that big plastic reel? How hard is it to wind
the wire without it?

The other suggestion here- speaker wire -- is a good one. If the wire
is going to stay outdoors, get something more rugged than the reel
wire.

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Will it harm the 7600 reel antenna to leave it outside? Anyone else do this?
 

Hello "D. of N."

Definitely bad idea. These windup antennas are made for indoor use -
outdoor use only in fine weather. Bad weather will damage/destroy them
and replacements cost at least $12.00.

Take Jim Hackett's very good advice - use cheap speaker wire instead.

Best,

Joe

dead of night wrote:
Hi. After a painstaking process of hanging my reel antenna outside,
clipped to the rim of the roof, and putting the screen to the window
back on, I am reluctant to bring the reel back inside every time I want
to try shortwave reception. I want to simply leave it hooked up
outside, in the wind, rain and snow. Is this acceptable? What is the
consensus about my decision? Is it a bad idea?