His shortwave receiver is a yaesu frg 8800.
Attic swl antenna balun construction.
Here are some ideas about an in the attic antenna.
This was installed at a previous qth i will be the first or millionth remember i m from fl to affirm that the antenna is the determining factor for success when it comes to one s station set up.
Swl antenna back in the summer of 1971.
Tf a compilation in the attic antennas 1.
Magnetic longwire baluns mlb are foundin the section stuff you can use.
Prior to our move i had been using and trying all kinds of indoor antennas since the early 60s.
Mac af4ps fp 51 note.
This is an omnidirectional antenna design that is supposed to have more signal gain than a random wire.
Technically a true longwire needs to be at least one wavelength long but hams commonly call any end fed wire a longwire or random wire antenna.
The ge 33692 attic mount hd antenna is a notable example of an antenna specially designed for placement in the attic.
All told a friendly environment for an indoor swl antenna.
Poor insulation of the attic shortwave antenna wire.
The shortwave antenna explained.
The simplest multiband shortwave antenna for shortwave listening is probably the longwire for most newcomers to building antennas.
The infamous attic dipole.
This antenna spans a tuning range spanning 3 5 mhz through 40 mhz and thus covers 80 10 meters on the amateur radio bands all international shortwave bands plus the 11 meter cb bands.
Loft attic antennas for restricted spaces m.
This antenna has all the reception power of an outdoor antenna but features a curved metal frame of reflectors that are designed for fitting easily into smaller attic spaces.
The antenna comes with a 3 coaxial cable to attach the antenna bnc output to a so 259 pl 259 input of your receiver most receivers.
Here are the possible solutions for each shortcoming that his attic shortwave antenna installation presents along with the recommendations i made to him.
5 magnetic longwire balun see text at least 10 metres of.
It is literally a random long length of wire stretched out from the shortwave receiver antenna connection and attached with some form of an insulator on the opposite end.
Verticals and baluns.
I installed my first outdoor shortwave antenna a k a.
Shielded input from the antenna to the receiver using coax cable and a magnetic longwire balun mlb.
We had moved from a city apartment to a house that had a big backyard.
Transforming the attic random wire antenna to a loop.
Groundplane verticals they are generally end fed 1 4 wave radiators.
What a difference that made.
I tried adding more wires to see if this made any further improvement.
