On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 23:11:13 -0500, JDL wrote:

Bob Miller wrote in
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On Wed, 07 Jun 2006 20:11:28 -0500, JDL wrote:

I live in a small town north of Youngstown. I have a Sangean 505 (has
sideband) also a 622 Sangean (just receivers, no transceivers -- yet).
The reception with the built in antenna isn't very good. I want to
erect some sort of wire loop antenna, but don't know what kind of
wire, what sort of grounding, length, etc. to use. I mainly want to
listen to shortwave broadcasts like VOA, BBC, but also private hams on
the sideband. I can buy someone dinner (and pay for all materials),
if they help me out erecting an antenna. I went to Radio Shack but
they were ignorant about shortwave stuff.

Down and dirty, get about 100 feet of insulated wire from the hardware
store, attach it to your radio's external antenna terminal, run the
wire out your window, string it around the yard as high as you can,
don't run it over or under any high-power electricity lines. This will
work pretty much as well as more complicated stuff.

bob
k5qwg


Thanks for the info.. Any particular guage of wire? Also, could I buy
some sort of connector to be able to plug the wire into the antenna jack
on the 505 Sangean? Or should I just use an alligator clip?

Thanks,
Justin

12, 14 or 16 guage would be the most common at the hardware store. Any
would work; the 12 guage is the biggest and most noticeable, if that's
a factor.

I'm not familiar with the connections on the back of a Sangean 505,
but if you took the radio to a place like Radio Shack they could
probably outfit you with a connector that fits; one that doesn't need
soldering would be easiest to work with.

Bob
k5qwg



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