Hi Bill, I was first going to suggest a long wire of 100 feet. With a quick search I found this site http://www.athensarc.org/UnderstandingAntennas.asp
----- Original Message ----- From: "William Stephan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 6:23 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Antenna construction question 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. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Send any questions regarding list management to: [email protected] To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 Or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [email protected]! Groups Links __________ NOD32 3691 (20081214) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com
