The regular electrical wire will work as an antenna. However, note that it is soft copper and will stretch
over time under strain. Tie some good UV proof line on the tree end of the insulator.
If your going to use a tree as one end, a suggestion would be to use a pully and a weight on the
downward end of the line. This way as the tree moves, the antenna will stay in place and you
won't stretch the wire. Don't be surprised if you need about 30 to 50 ponds of weight to keep
the antenna from sagging too much.
Jim
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Originally Posted by screamineagle
A question about longwire antenna, I have been scanning for many years. but just now getting into shortwave activities... I have a roll of #10 stranded copper wire with protectve cover, its used mostly for wiring homes etc. anyway I want to stretch this from my 30' pole that has my other scanner antennas to a very tall tree 125' away and after much research I always find use #16-22 gauge wire for long wire antennas.. So how will the results be with this size wire over this length of stretch. of course no power lines etc are in the way.. also should I slope it or stretch it about the same height as my pole height. of course I have the insulators and will keep enough slack for tree movement, will be connecting RG-6 to my Winradio 1550E for listening pleasure. Thanks for any help or suggestions.
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