You're fine. You actually have an inverted L dipole. Should work
pretty well being relatively high off the ground. I'd disconnect when
not using for static/lightning safety.

On 3 Dec 2004 10:33:33 -0800, (Gary Weber)
wrote:

I have a random wire antenna, which is a is a clothes line about 25
feet off the ground and about 45 feet long. This arrives at the deck
on my third floor flat, where I have a balun. I run the antenna to
the balun and a ground line from the balun to a copper rod in the
ground, and a coax feed line from the balun to the receiver.

This seems to work quite well as my signal strength improves somewhat,
but more importantly, my noise level drops dramatically when compared
to the whip on my small receiver.

I am confused about the "best" ground method. Should I place the
balun near the ground rod and run the coax feed line up into my flat?
Will this improve anything or, is the set up I have fine?

Gary Weber