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Yeah, I love to mess around with wire antennas. I really have no room
at all for it because I live in an apartment. However, I'm blessed
because the management company that oversees my building doesn't seem
to care what I do or what I put on the roof. So, I've been going up on
the roof periodically to experiment with long runs of wire. Eventually,
I'm going to get at least one 200 ft random wire antenna up there. The
key will be to get it 15 ft or so above the roof, so that it's clear of
the building's noise envelope. There's some exposed structural steel up
there that should make an excellent ground.

I have a Wellbrook 330S loop and I'm very happy with it, but I can't
lose itch to mess around with wire once in a while.

Steve


That's cool. I don't have as much room as I did out there but I do have 70'
pine trees so I ran a wire 50' across the yard and strait up the trunk to
about 10' from the top of the tallest tree so I guess I got about 110' there
and I did the same with the other tree but about 30' less. they run almost
90 degrees from one and other so I switch between the two for best
reception. Contrary to what some think, you can bend long wires around your
QTH. Steve Lare I think has a bent long wire and he reports great results
with his setup.
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