I broke out the mint DX100 (I know.....it's not the best) but after reading I
think Franks post about it I figured I'd put it to work. I set up a little
listening post in the living room.

Here's my question, actually two or three of them. I ran a 500ft. spool of 12
guage and hooked it up. I have a made-shift handle on the spool, so from the
receiver-out the window to the top of the deck on the inside part (it was dark)
I have a hook and I just hung the spool up on the hook. What type of antenna
would that be so too speak? I plan on running a little around underneath the
deck when it warms up. It really is doing a great job, night time as well as
day.

#2 Since I've turned it on, last night around 10p, I decided just to leave it
on or when a tv commercial would come on I'd listen to it (by then it was rock
solid-no drift whatsoever) it has a 'standby.' When you hit it, it moves the
receive meter all the way (buries it.) Is this bad to leave it on 'standby'
for a long time or is there a certain amount of timebefore I should take it off
that? I thought about it and decided to just turn the volume down to be safe.

But after about a little over an hour, that piece is pretty much
drift-free......after two hours forget it, it isn't going anywhere. It's
pretty nice to break out my first receiver ever, I'm having a lot of fun
turning the dial. :-)

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