Yes, I should have been clearer about this. At least right now, I'm
only looking to build a receive-only antenna.

As for the antenna ground, I'm still trying to work this out for
myself. I'm not sure a receive-only antenna requires much of a ground
in order to work well. However, with a length of wire on the roof I'll
obviously want a safety ground of some kind. There are a bunch of old
television antennas up there and I want to take a close look at them
to determine how they were grounded. My hope is that this will reveal
a convenient way to ground my antenna.

Thanks,

Steve

"Jack Painter" wrote in message news:Ngq2d.246250$Lj.27515@fed1read03...
"Eric F. Richards" wrote
I.C.E. = Industrial Communication Engineers.

http://personal.isla.net/ice/
1-800-ICE-COMM


More up-to-date-contact info:

http://www.arraysolutions.com/Products/ice/
(972) 203-2008


You want the I.C.E. 180A if your interests are only HF, or the I.C.E.
182A if your interests include MW. Same price.

Concur that ICE equipment, incl that particular device works very well.
Don't forget to mention to folks that it is a *receive-only* device. Poster
in this thread was not clear what his intentions were, and some of your
comments sounded transmit-oriented (counterpoise, tuner, etc). The random
wire won't care much what's connected to it downstream besides a receiver,
if SWL is the focus. But the ICE matchbox does affect bands receivable by
shifting the impedance matching points. Finding the best fit on one band is
at the expense of some others, at least that has been my experience.

Jack Painter
Virginia Beach VA