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February 13th 05, 08:08 PM

Telamon

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I just got a ATS 505 from c. crane and want to setup a long wire
antena the informatin sheet they gave me says to keep it away from
foil insualtion and things like that well i have a metal roof and i
am sure that is afecting my reception i have tried a few things i
have tried atached the end of a coax cable comming from the tv antena
to the telescopic antena on the radio and that doesn to seam to do
much but i want to know if i can run a whire along the tv antena
towner that is metal and to my radio

what is the best way to seup an antena?

any help would be great thanks

You should endeavor to get the wire at least 5 to 10 feet off the roof.

Use a BALUN to connect the wire to the coax lead-in to your radio where
the BALUN ground is connected to the metal roof.

Conversely if raising the wire is a problem then keep it a few inches
off the roof and connect the wire directly to the coax center conductor
and the shield to the metal roof.

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Telamon
Ventura, California

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