Hi,
I recently purchased my 1st SW receiver, a Sony 7600gr. Not knowing much
about the hobby I did not purchase a antenna. I was hoping the whip would be
adequate. Well the whip does seem to pull in a few stations in the 5000-9000
range, but little else. Additionally the signal strength was not as good as
I had hoped. I attached about 24ft of light gauge speaker wire to the whip
and tossed the loose end out the window into some low bushes, and did gain
some signal strength. Trying to improve the reception a bit more I added
50ft more speaker wire to the 24ft, but the new wire is a heavier gauge, 18
I think and the first wire is 24. At this point I tossed the wire as far up
a backyard tree as a could, about 40ft. In all honesty I must say I don't
think I have gained anything with this additional wire. Could it be a
problem going from the heavy wire into the smaller wire then to the whip?
Would I be better going to the whip with the heave wire and attaching the
lighter wire to the other end? Would I gain anything by building a
broomstick antenna with the wire I have instead of hanging it from the tree?
Or is it better to have the wire exposed to as much of the outside as
possible such as it is now?
Thank You.