Hi Phil:

A Fire Escape !

Wow ! ! !

You can get out on the fire escape & hook up all Sorts of antennas.

My suggestion is to use Black Stranded, insulated Radio Shack hookup wire;
- comes in 100 foot rolls.

Whilst waiting for your new Toy to arrive, go out on said fire escape with a
transistor radio hooked up to headphones.
Move arond a bit,
trying NOT to look like a Spy or Burglar, & see what dirction
signals come in from best.

- Also, make a wire lead-in to where your radio will eventually sit.

A Fire escape.!

How Brutally Cool !!!

YOu can probably hook up wire between your windows(s) as listed below,
OR string wire all along the hand rail up & down

Start slow, don't terrify ( or **** off ) the neighbors & you should have all
sorts of opportunities ahead

Signed

- Jealous -

( Dan / NYC )

( Below is some other instructions ( modifiable ) that may come in handy )
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MATERIALS

Some Stranded, Insulated copper wire from Radio shack
Colors so it matches the bricks / outside of your building

Some stick-on Cord holders
One tube clear Silicone sealer glue
One black magic marker
One Rusty red magic marker
A roll of Duct tape color of outside of apt.

One Mop
One piece of twine or string.

PROCEDU

See how far it is in between two windows of your Apt..

Measure out a piece of string this distance + ~ 6 - 8 feet.
Attach a small soft edged weight to it.

( Look Outside to see no one is looking !! )

Secure curious household pets

Open Both Windows.
Insert mop part way out one]
Close that window to secure mop handle

Run over to the other window QUICK!
Take the twine with the weight on it & (without risking life & limb)
Toss the string over the mop.
Secure the end of that end of the string with a bit of slack
Close that window
Run over to the other window with the mop that has the twine handing down off
it

Pull the mop in
Close the window.
NOW
Attach stranded wire to the end of the string.
Slightly open window
Run over to other window.
Open it & pull in string until wire / string connection is through..

Pull in enough so that wire will reach SWR
Attach wire to SWR.
Close window.

- That's basically it. Modify as needed.

You can take Square stick -on cord holders
Camouflage them with magic Markers, &
Silicone glue them to the outside corners of the window,
Then loop more wire

( DONT FALL OUT WHEN DOING THIS !!)

around the cord holders. This makes the antenna longer.
repeat for other windows..This should help lots..

( Works for me !!)






In article ,
(Philip Levine) writes:


Just getting back into shortwave listening after a 30 year absence.
Now I live in an apartment in NYC and have access to the fire escape
on the 3rd floor outside my window. While waiting for my radio to come
in the mail I'm researching all kinds of antenna possibilities which
do not look too conspicuous.

I'm sure there are plenty of ideas out there and I'd love to hear from
you. Would a balcony vertical antenna work better than a long wire
(well, not particularly long) or a slinky type. The good news is that
I can probably get some kind of antenna outside on the fire escape so
there should be some options there.

Thanks to all.

Phil