Just bought a Realistic DX 440 on Ebay and have discovered SSB. I
understand that my antenna wire should be as long and high as possible
with no particular configuration.

Correct ?

Also...what about grounding ?

Please respond to group.

Thanx

Egg Salad

85032

USA

On 02/23/2013 03:49 PM, Egg Salad wrote:
Just bought a Realistic DX 440 on Ebay and have discovered SSB. I
understand that my antenna wire should be as long and high as possible
with no particular configuration.

Correct ?

Also...what about grounding ?

Please respond to group.

Thanx

Egg Salad

85032

USA


I'd play with it with just the built in whip, unless you are in a
shielded building or surrounded by QRM. That is a Sangean ATS-803A and
there is a lot of info about it. Be careful when connecting long wires
to portable radios, it's easy to fry the front end of the radio.

On 02/23/2013 05:54 PM, dave wrote:
On 02/23/2013 03:49 PM, Egg Salad wrote:
Just bought a Realistic DX 440 on Ebay and have discovered SSB. I
understand that my antenna wire should be as long and high as possible
with no particular configuration.

Correct ?

Also...what about grounding ?

Please respond to group.

Thanx

Egg Salad

85032

USA


I'd play with it with just the built in whip, unless you are in a
shielded building or surrounded by QRM. That is a Sangean ATS-803A and
there is a lot of info about it. Be careful when connecting long wires
to portable radios, it's easy to fry the front end of the radio.

http://www.dxing.com/rx/ats803a.htm

http://www.qsl.net/n3sme/dx440.txt

On 2013-02-23, Egg Salad wrote:
Just bought a Realistic DX 440 on Ebay and have discovered SSB. I
understand that my antenna wire should be as long and high as possible
with no particular configuration.

Correct ?

Also...what about grounding ?

Please respond to group.

Thanx

Egg Salad

85032

USA

You can obtain a reel out antenna that will plug into the antenna jack he
http://universal-radio.com/catalog/sw_ant/3184.html
Just plug it in and reel it out. The higher you can get the antenna the better.

In the evenings you can tune in the ham radio 75 meter band 3.750-4.000 MHz
to test it out. Alos do a search for VOLMET stations on google and you can tune into
aircraft weather broadcasting and comms. 11.175 MHz is the USAF SSB aircraft frequency.




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Best Regards, Keith
http://home.comcast.net/~kilowattradio/

On Saturday, February 23, 2013 6:49:53 PM UTC-5, Egg Salad wrote:
Just bought a Realistic DX 440 on Ebay and have discovered SSB. I

understand that my antenna wire should be as long and high as possible

with no particular configuration.



Correct ?



Also...what about grounding ?



Please respond to group.



Thanx



Egg Salad



85032



USA

All you need is no more than 25-30 feet of wire to get the maximum out of this radio.

On Saturday, February 23, 2013 6:49:53 PM UTC-5, Egg Salad wrote:
Just bought a Realistic DX 440 on Ebay and have discovered SSB. I

understand that my antenna wire should be as long and high as possible

with no particular configuration.



Correct ?



Also...what about grounding ?



Please respond to group.





Depending on your signal conditions, 20 - 30 feet of wire is more
than enough. This radio is sensitive enough that your problems are going
to be more signal overload than signal deficiency. So, too much wire
will create problems. In some areas, 20 feet can be too much.
Orientation of the wire is not important in most cases, but
experimentation will determine whether there is a benefit to any
particularly

A good earth ground will help to keep noise low. As will a well
filtered and bypassed power supply.

This is actually a pretty good radio. I had the Sangean badged model,
and enjoyed it immensely.