Love2camp5 wrote:

Now guys, remember you are talking to a lady here - so if I want to make my own
indoor wire antenna, I have to sound intelligent enough that the creeps at our
Radio Shack don't mock me!

Okay, I do know what an alligator clip is - so I should get two of those that I
can just wrap the wire onto, and not have to solder anything.

Then I just need the wire - specifically what wire do I ask the RS guy for?

Then I would just clip one end onto the whip antenna and the other end up onto
a curtain edge or something?

If I've got it right, it sounds pretty easy.

Thanks,
Linda

If you go to Radio Shack you want "hook up wire" - "anything around 20
gauge".

You want a pack of alligator clips that have screw on terminals so you
don't need to solder them onto the wire.

You'll strip half an inch of insulation off each end of the wire, loosen
the screw on the alligator clips, bend the stripped wire into a hook,
put it under the screw, tighten the screw, and you're done.

Just buy a pack of 'clip leads' or 'test leads'.

They have many uses !

jw
wb9uai

JW: Just buy a pack of 'clip leads' or 'test leads'. They have many uses !


That's what I use. Just multiply the length of the leads by the total number of
leads in a package and that will give the total length, if connected together
(in series, of course).

The miniature version I have in a portable pack that has my eTR7 and
microcorder, plus audio jumpers and AA cells, too.

The regular size I use to clip lead from a radio's whip to a wrought iron
chandelier, when I'm not using my DX-392 and outside antenna.

Bill,
K5BY