I'm going off to college this week, and I'm bringing my IC-746 with
me. I only plan on using 2 meters occansionally, and have shortwave on
in the background while doing work or something. Any time I seriously
want to get on the air I can do it from the campus station with proper
antennas. I'll be in a dorm room, first floor, so I won't have the
ideal location for an outdoor antenna. What's a good antenna to use in
a dorm room for AM and SW?

Thanks in advance...

Sounds like a job for the Sony AN-LP1 (if you can find one, that is).

"TheGnome" wrote in message
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I'm going off to college this week, and I'm bringing my IC-746 with
me. I only plan on using 2 meters occansionally, and have shortwave on
in the background while doing work or something. Any time I seriously
want to get on the air I can do it from the campus station with proper
antennas. I'll be in a dorm room, first floor, so I won't have the
ideal location for an outdoor antenna. What's a good antenna to use in
a dorm room for AM and SW?

Thanks in advance...

TheGnome schrieb:

I'm going off to college this week, and I'm bringing my IC-746 with
me. I only plan on using 2 meters occansionally, and have shortwave on
in the background while doing work or something. Any time I seriously
want to get on the air I can do it from the campus station with proper
antennas. I'll be in a dorm room, first floor, so I won't have the
ideal location for an outdoor antenna. What's a good antenna to use in
a dorm room for AM and SW?

I would try a loop antenna like the Wellbrook ALA1530 or AOR LA350.

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TheGnome wrote:
I'm going off to college this week, and I'm bringing my IC-746 with
me. I only plan on using 2 meters occansionally, and have shortwave on
in the background while doing work or something. Any time I seriously
want to get on the air I can do it from the campus station with proper
antennas. I'll be in a dorm room, first floor, so I won't have the
ideal location for an outdoor antenna. What's a good antenna to use in
a dorm room for AM and SW?

Thanks in advance...

I lived in an apartment building a bunch of years ago and was told "NO
ANTENNAS!!"

So of course I put one up anyway.

What I did was I purchase a bunch of feet of thin wire colored
about the same as the exterior of the building.
I ran it out my window and along discrete morter joints and
places where I could hide it on inside corners of places where little
brick ledges jutted out until I found a discrete place to go vertical.

Little bits of colored putty or even tack weld it every couple of feet
with glue.

Worked great and was never discovered.

(TheGnome) wrote in message . com...
I'm going off to college this week, and I'm bringing my IC-746 with
me. I only plan on using 2 meters occansionally, and have shortwave on
in the background while doing work or something. Any time I seriously
want to get on the air I can do it from the campus station with proper
antennas. I'll be in a dorm room, first floor, so I won't have the
ideal location for an outdoor antenna. What's a good antenna to use in
a dorm room for AM and SW?

Thanks in advance...

If you have some money burning a hole in your pocket, I'd recommend
the AOR LA350 indoor active loop antenna. I don't know how this would
compare to a comparable Wellbrook (posted an inquiry about this, but
no answers), but the LA350 is vastly better than the Sony AN-LP1 or
any of the wire antennas I've cooked up. I don't see how such a small
antenna can be so effective, but the results speak for themselves.

(TheGnome) wrote in message . com...
I'm going off to college this week, and I'm bringing my IC-746 with
me. I only plan on using 2 meters occansionally, and have shortwave on
in the background while doing work or something. Any time I seriously
want to get on the air I can do it from the campus station with proper
antennas. I'll be in a dorm room, first floor, so I won't have the
ideal location for an outdoor antenna. What's a good antenna to use in
a dorm room for AM and SW?

Thanks in advance...

In case you're interested, Universal sells the AOR LA350:

http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/sw_ant/1806.html

Steve