On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 10:18:58 -0400, "brayner"
wrote:


Are these the small curly flourescents, about 13 watts sometimes selling
in some dollar stores?
I'm using a few of these and they seem to have a range of about 10 feet,
causing quite a bit of hum on the SW bands.

Gosh. All my antennas are outside. There's so much crap coming up
the power lines from outside I wouldn't think of using an antenna that
wasn't at least 10 feet from the house.