Tom: I have a friend who farms a few sections down in southeastern Kansas. His dad was a radio enthusiast, and basically, over time, he insulated the top strand of a barbed wire fence that covered a couple hundred acres. He said it was the best receiving antenna he'd ever had, so I guess the old guy wasn't kidding after all.
Bill Stephan Kansas Citty MO Email: wstep...@everestkc.net Phone: (816)803-2469 ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Fowle <fo...@ski.org> Date: Monday, April 20, 2009 4:53 pm Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Antenna grounding. > Bill, > first, of course, stay the heck away from power lines but you know > that.Every year or so hams are fried to death trying to put up a > big beam > or something too close to the power lines. > > Most short wave receivers are designed to be not very pickey about > antennas just because randomness is expected. > so, theoretically a resonant antenna is best but unless you have > local strong interference, you can't really have too long an > antenna for receiving. > > So, get what you can get up safely do your best to have some kind > of ground reference for a counterpoise and for safety purposes > and just have fun with it. > > Rather than stringing two long wires, hook em together somehow, > it'll probably be better. > > Tom WA6IVG > >
