Midwestsartech68
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I have an ETON E5 receiver that I got to listen to shortwave.
Put up about a 40' longwire running east to west, was getting some reception but nothing to write home about, so I decided to add an additional 100' running north to south, now I have little to no reception, on any band. So, me being new to SWL, I looked and looked to see how to ground the antenna, thinking that may help, plus give me a point for lightning strikes to go instead of inside my shack, I used 14g wire, wrapped it around the feedline coming into the shack and mounted to a grounding rod 6' in the ground with a copper fitting, no change.
I'm in East Central Ohio.
What the heck am I doing wrong, I'm having no luck here, and suggestions would be helpful
Put up about a 40' longwire running east to west, was getting some reception but nothing to write home about, so I decided to add an additional 100' running north to south, now I have little to no reception, on any band. So, me being new to SWL, I looked and looked to see how to ground the antenna, thinking that may help, plus give me a point for lightning strikes to go instead of inside my shack, I used 14g wire, wrapped it around the feedline coming into the shack and mounted to a grounding rod 6' in the ground with a copper fitting, no change.
I'm in East Central Ohio.
What the heck am I doing wrong, I'm having no luck here, and suggestions would be helpful