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I just bought my first shortwave radio a grundig G5. what is the best
antenna for it? I could not pick up any thing until I hooked it up to my
out door old school TV antenna that works pretty good. Any suggestions?

I just bought my first shortwave radio a grundig G5. what is the best
antenna for it? I could not pick up any thing until I hooked it up to my
out door old school TV antenna that works pretty good. Any suggestions?


50 feet of wire as high and clear as possible will be about as good as you
can get for what you are doing and cheap. The horizontal direction will
cause some directional effect. Better--two such wires at 90 degrees with
you switching to whichever one hears your station best.

If you want something better, particularly if you have interference from
electrical devices, highly recommended is
http://www.parelectronics.com/swl_end.htm

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