On Dec 30, 7:45*pm, "Brian" wrote:
-
- I finally got a house out in the woods on five acres and
- I'm going to set up a couple of pretty long wires
-
- and my Wellbrook ALA-1530. I've pretty much decided
- on RG-6 for a couple of 150 ft. runs because the stuff's
- dirt cheap and I can pick it up at the local Home Depot.
-
- Is the impedance mismatch here going to be negligible,
- or should I just bite the bullet and go with RG-8 or a
- similar 50 ohm coax?
-
- -Brian
-

Brian,

For the Longwire Antennas {Random Wire} consider the
Inverted "L" Antenna.

READ - For Basic Shortwave Radio Listening (SWL)
-Think- Inverted "L" Antenna
http://www.google.com/group/rec.radi...0a3255b9ad5367

READ -Why- The Far-End-Fed Shortwave Listener's (SWLs)
Inverted "L" Antenna
http://www.google.com/group/rec.radi...cfc6b9cb2447c0
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shortw.../message/11698

Re-READ - SWL Longwire + Low Noise Antenna Connection
+ Grounding Is Key To Good Reception -by- John Doty
http://www.google.com/group/rec.radi...bc6a2bf8acc12d

Two separate but identical Inverted "L" Antennas both with 15~30
Foot Vertical-Up-Legs and 75~120 Foot Horizontal-Out-Arms.

Located with the Antenna Feed-Points about 75~120 Feet apart
and use a separate Ground Rod for each Antenna.

Position the Horizontal-Out-Arm Wire Antenna Elements so that
they are Perpendicular 90 Degrees to each other : N2S and E2W

Think of the Two Inverted "L" Antennas as Diversity Antennas
Being Both : Opposites -but- Equal.


good luck with your longwire antennas ~ RHF {pomkia}