Wire vs. CB Whip
 

"Pinot" wrote in message

The question is, will an equally long peace of wire through the window
do the job equally good as some CB whip ?
Thank you.

Yes it will.


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The CB whip just a whip or is there a coil on it. the coil will tune the
antenna to 27mHz more or less

Stck with the wire


Shawn
"Pinot" wrote in message
...
For SW receiving only; instead of buying a whip antenna I plan to put
an insulated piece of wire in a ~2m bamboo stick, feed it to a
matching transformer 9:1, "ground" a coax shield to a massive iron
weight, and connect a center wire to my Rx.
The question is, will an equally long peace of wire through the window
do the job equally good as some CB whip ?

I reviewed different antenna set ups I could find on-line, and it
seems this is the only solution given the size and an idiotic
architectural design of the apartment.

Thank you.

PINOT,

PINOT,

RHF wrote:

PINOT,
.
If you are on the 10th Floor of a Concrete and Steel Condominium;
Check your 'metal' Window Frames; they may provide a reasonable
Ground when no-other grounding point is available.
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The Sony ICF-SW77 AM/FM Shortwave 'portable' Radio
http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...able/2493.html
http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...e/2493cont.jpg
http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...e/2493freq.jpg
http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...e/2493time.jpg
http://www.dxing.com/rx/icfsw55.htm
http://www.universal-radio.com/used/u080sys.jpg
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IIRC - The Sony ICF-SW77 uses an 1/8" Mono Jack
for an External Antenna Input.
http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...e/2493back.jpg
http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...e/2493side.jpg
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No-See-Um Vertical "Drop" Shortwave Antenna :
For a simple 'external' Random Wire Antenna you may wish
to try building a No-See-Um Vertical "Drop" Antenna.
Basically a Vertical Wire Antenna that is "Dropped" out
your Condo's Window and just hangs there.

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Thank you for a detailed description; I tried the drop wire earlier.
It worked, but not as good as the original built-in whip out of the
window; I got somewhat better results with a whip under a moderate
angle pointing upward, like a penis in erection, something like that.
Is it because the antenna under the angle picks less noise, or is it
something else, I can't tell, I don't know.

So I decided to build an "external whip", and asked will an equally
long peace of wire through the window do the job equally good as a
whip, maybe CB whips are worth purchasing if they are making whip
antennas with silver in the alloy for better conductivity, or do other
tricks in production process to increase reception performance ?

Since replies suggest to stick with a wire, yesterday evening I
completed a bamboo stick with a wire within, and it works as expected.
I don't use a window frame as grounding point, the frame is made of
aluminum. Few weeks ago I visited a local flee-market and found a
piece of iron previously used as a weight for live-stock scales. Works
good.