On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 16:46:20 GMT, "Peter"
wrote:

Will a shortwave longwire antenna work if it is laid on the ground or does
it have to be hung in the air from a tree or something similar?

Thanks for your input.

Pierre



My 30 yard long random wire goes from the gutter @ 25 feet high down
to a wooden post at the end of the yard. From there it goes another 20
yards at an average of 3 feet high. Works great compared to the whip.
Fed with coax, I dont get household noise at all.

While this setup works, gain is minimal. If all 30 yards were 9 feet
high or better then I might get up to 6 db of gain.

This site is worth a look:

http://www.cebik.com/fdim/fdim8.html

mike