If you have attic access in your condo, put up as much wire as you can, as
high as you can, and feed it to your R8.

You'll be surprised at how well a bigger pile of wire does for signal
reception.

73


"Peter" wrote in message
.cable.rogers.com...
For the past year. Since I bought my Drake R8-B I had to listen to it
from my residence which is a townhouse condo. We aren't allowed outdoor
antennas so I have to run a thermostat wire along the ceiling in my
room.This is ok if you want to listen to the BBC or other powerful
broadcasters, but you have a hard time listening to the hams or air
traffic
crossing the Atlantic. Yesterday I went to my dad's cottage and brought
the
radio. I set up a good longwire antenna outdoors and hooked it up to the
radio. OMG I was in SWL heaven. I had forgotten how shortwave should
sound.
I listened all day. I can't wait to buy my house and get set up properly.
Oh
well, It's the price you pay for renting I guess. At least I got to find
out
that the radio works perfectly before the warranty ran out.

Just thought I would share this with you

Pierre