I hope this is topical here. I'm thinking about buying myself one of those continuous coverage radios that are made by Grundig, I'm looking at a satellite actually. So, I think I need an antenna. If I can avoid it, I'd rather not install one out of doors, though I guess I could if there was no other way around the problem. Anyway, at one time, I build an antenna using four way cable like you'd use for running a telephone circuit. Basically, I had a hundred feet of the stuff, and spliced the ends of two of the cables so thaqqt I in affect had four hundred feet. Then, I very carefully coiled the spliced cable flat inside a clean pizza box, then placed the cardboard top over the coil to hold things in place. I used to put this in a window when I lived in a highrise, and it seemed to work, though reception was very poor because we were very near electrified rail yards. So, my question(s), is this a worthwile antenna to try and use? And, if so, do I want to use fourway telephone cable, or the type of cable used to connect the actual telephone instrument to the wall jack? If anybody has other suggestions for easy-to-build antennas, I'd appreciate hearing them.
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