Got my DX-160 today, just discovered it doesn't have the same antenna
hook-up's as the DX-394 & the DX-302 have; can anyone tell me what type of
antenna (preferably homemade) I should attach to it until I obtain another
outdoor antenna for it (or at the very least figure out a way to connect my
Eavesdropper with a feed line that has a PL259 connector)?

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Lisa Simpson wrote:
Got my DX-160 today, just discovered it doesn't have the same antenna
hook-up's as the DX-394 & the DX-302 have; can anyone tell me what type of
antenna (preferably homemade) I should attach to it until I obtain another
outdoor antenna for it (or at the very least figure out a way to connect my
Eavesdropper with a feed line that has a PL259 connector)?

We had a thread on that a year or so ago here in the newsgroup. Worth
googling to get some of RHF's URL lists. One good hookup is, using the
balanced high impedance connection scheme, a single wire loop (rectangular
is fine) several feet across tacked to the nearby wall or ceiling.

It's got a high gain front end with some protection diodes, so putting
too much wire up in a urban environment may get you a lot of intermod
from Medium Wave (AM band) stations.

Mark Zenier
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