From: "Alan"

My question is regarding a longwire antenna for it. I have put up a longwire
of about 130-foot (single wire plastic coated) fed direct to my Sony. I can
not seem to notice hardly any difference at all, I can hear everything on
the radios whip that I can hear on the longwire, although a lot more *white
noise/static* comes in with the longwire.
I have tried both methods of connecting it to the radio, 1-crocodile clip to
whip antenna and also longwire soldered to jack-plug and plugged into
SW-antenna jack.
Do you think I am doing something wrong? or does it make much difference as
I am in England UK and we seem to be able to pickup short-wave pretty good
anyway.

Yes, being in the UK should put you in a good location to receive most
broadcasts without the need for a longwire antenna. The antenna might be useful
if you ever attempt to pick up long-distance (DX), low-powered stations, but
for casual listening to major broadcasters the radio's antenna should suffice
in your specific location.

A bit different over here.





Michael Bryant, WA4009SWL
Louisville, KY
R75, S800, RX320, SW77, ICF2010K,
DX398, 7600G, 6800W, RF2200, 7600A
GE SRll, Pro-2006, Pro-2010, Pro-76
(remove "nojunk" to reply)

Michael Bryant wrote:

From: "Alan"

My question is regarding a longwire antenna for it. I have put up a longwire
of about 130-foot (single wire plastic coated) fed direct to my Sony. I can
not seem to notice hardly any difference at all, I can hear everything on
the radios whip that I can hear on the longwire, although a lot more *white
noise/static* comes in with the longwire.
I have tried both methods of connecting it to the radio, 1-crocodile clip to
whip antenna and also longwire soldered to jack-plug and plugged into
SW-antenna jack.
Do you think I am doing something wrong? or does it make much difference as
I am in England UK and we seem to be able to pickup short-wave pretty good
anyway.

Yes, being in the UK should put you in a good location to receive most
broadcasts without the need for a longwire antenna. The antenna might be useful
if you ever attempt to pick up long-distance (DX), low-powered stations, but
for casual listening to major broadcasters the radio's antenna should suffice
in your specific location.

A bit different over here.

Yes, it is a bit different over here. You've got folks like Michael W. Bryant lying
their fat ass off at the drop of a hat!

Hi all
I have bought myself a Sony 7600GR, which I am very pleased with.
My question is regarding a longwire antenna for it. I have put up a longwire
of about 130-foot (single wire plastic coated) fed direct to my Sony. I can
not seem to notice hardly any difference at all, I can hear everything on
the radios whip that I can hear on the longwire, although a lot more *white
noise/static* comes in with the longwire.
I have tried both methods of connecting it to the radio, 1-crocodile clip to
whip antenna and also longwire soldered to jack-plug and plugged into
SW-antenna jack.
Do you think I am doing something wrong? or does it make much difference as
I am in England UK and we seem to be able to pickup short-wave pretty good
anyway.
thanks
Alan

"Michael Bryant" wrote in message
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Snip From: "Alan"

My question is regarding a longwire antenna for it.
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Yes, being in the UK should put you in a good location to receive most
broadcasts without the need for a longwire antenna. The antenna might be
useful
if you ever attempt to pick up long-distance (DX), low-powered stations,
but
for casual listening to major broadcasters the radio's antenna should
suffice
in your specific location.

A bit different over here.

Michael Bryant, WA4009SWL
Louisville, KY
R75, S800, RX320, SW77, ICF2010K,
DX398, 7600G, 6800W, RF2200, 7600A
GE SRll, Pro-2006, Pro-2010, Pro-76
(remove "nojunk" to reply)

Thanks Michael, your reply is appreciated.
regards
Alan

Thanks Noel.
It appears that the USA has a lot more interference from other stations
being close together etc. I think we only have one short-wave station here
in the UK, BBC World-Service, maybe this is why we don't get much bleed-over
from other stations, in fact I don't get any.
regards
Alan


"Noel" wrote in message
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On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 18:47:52 GMT, "Alan"
wrote:

My question is regarding a longwire antenna for it. I have put up a
longwire
of about 130-foot (single wire plastic coated) fed direct to my Sony. I
can
not seem to notice hardly any difference at all, I can hear everything on
the radios whip that I can hear on the longwire, although a lot more
*white
noise/static* comes in with the longwire.

It depends entirely on your location as to how much ambient noise is
picked up. If you are in a city, something like the AN-LP1 (the Sony
active loop antenna designed for the 7600G/GR) might be a good
investment, as it has the ability to reject some of the noise.

The long-wire might be useful if you use it in conjunction with the
attenuator switch on the left of the set, and adjusting the level of
attenuation. It *might* help you pull in stuff you might not
otherwise be able to.

Do you think I am doing something wrong? or does it make much difference
as
I am in England UK and we seem to be able to pickup short-wave pretty
good
anyway.

It is much the same here in Ireland. I live just outside a
medium-sized town, so noise is not much of a problem. However, the
longwire makes precious little difference to most of my listening, on
the 7600GR anyway. On the R8B, it is more useful.