dnlbrrg
Member
It might help if I tell you first what my interests are and what I have.
My interests in shortwave are broad. I like to listen to broadcasts and sometimes try to pick up broadcasts that aren't necessarily aimed to my area.
I like to scan for utilities; I've had some luck with military comms and some marine comms.
One of my biggest interests is pirates, but I'm not always lucky in this department. Occasionally I pick up Radio Wolverine with a strong signal and rarely Ronin.
I have a Grundig Satellit 750. Nothing fancy in terms of the Antenna, I just strung about 100 feet of wire outside and fed it to the radio into the high impedance socket/random wire input on the side.
Not a fancy set up but keeps me entertained. I thought about getting a better radio but it was suggested that I try a better antenna first.
I saw that this antenna Palstar AA30 Active Antenna
has an input for a random wire. I thought maybe I can hook up the wire outside to this antenna and use it as a tunner... will that yield better results? am I better of with a different antenna? What's your suggestion?
Keep in mind the following: I won't get on top of my roof, I don't get along very well with heights.
My interests in shortwave are broad. I like to listen to broadcasts and sometimes try to pick up broadcasts that aren't necessarily aimed to my area.
I like to scan for utilities; I've had some luck with military comms and some marine comms.
One of my biggest interests is pirates, but I'm not always lucky in this department. Occasionally I pick up Radio Wolverine with a strong signal and rarely Ronin.
I have a Grundig Satellit 750. Nothing fancy in terms of the Antenna, I just strung about 100 feet of wire outside and fed it to the radio into the high impedance socket/random wire input on the side.
Not a fancy set up but keeps me entertained. I thought about getting a better radio but it was suggested that I try a better antenna first.
I saw that this antenna Palstar AA30 Active Antenna
has an input for a random wire. I thought maybe I can hook up the wire outside to this antenna and use it as a tunner... will that yield better results? am I better of with a different antenna? What's your suggestion?
Keep in mind the following: I won't get on top of my roof, I don't get along very well with heights.