Im currently running this radio using a wire antenna in my attic. Im interested going to an outside antenna this summer.That being said,What would the best route I should take in going about this?,,Any suggestions?
Im currently running this radio using a wire antenna in my attic. Im interested going to an outside antenna this summer.That being said,What would the best route I should take in going about this?,,Any suggestions?
The attic antenna which I bought from HRO I think needs to be outside
Sorry,I forget.
Own my own home,,Height etc is no pblm.
Hey cmed325, by any chance were you an Army Combat Medic?
Since you have an attic I assume you are in a house with enough yard to run a decent wire-can you?Im currently running this radio using a wire antenna in my attic. Im interested going to an outside antenna this summer.That being said,What would the best route I should take in going about this?,,Any suggestions?
Sounds like a folded dipole.If I had the space with the unrestricted height, I would love to try and darned if I cannot remember the name - old Barker and Williamson product, very broadbanded HF antenna, two heavy gauge wires with a horizontal non inductive spacer, looked like a rope ladder.....Icom made this product, as well as Opek, but don't see it on Universal Radio's site. It generated very low noise, constant impedance and was very popular with the military when I was in...Did not require a tuner which provided a reasonably flat SWR from 3.5 up to 30 Mhz. It was about 100 feet long and could be configured as a sloper, inverted Vee, etc.
Remember our radio operators once set one up and seemed to work well. Got put away and never used again, we had much B&W product back in the 80's. Anyway, to reduce locally generated noise, you would ground one end to a high impedance resistor. If when I get the space....
Sounds like a folded dipole.
I have an old Barker Williamson trapped dipole antenna in the "radio closet" that I still need to try.
To cmed325-do you have any response to all the help you received in your thread?