I wound up mounting much of my long wire on my neighbor's garage, since we don't have any trees I can use. I also read somewhere that aluminum foil works pretty good sometimes, so I have a second antenna in my office that terminates with a piece of foil in the window. It's probably noticeable from the street though, and I'll probably hear about it the next time my wife has one of her sighted friends here for a visit, which I think is tomorrow. Adding the foil did seem to help though.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Fowle Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 14:42 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Another Antenna question William, Re: need for insulators, it isn't absolutely vital, but when things get wet, and old, and insulation on the wire starts to break down as it will, if there isn't much space between the copper wire and any nearby metal surfaces, water can make for corosion between said surfaces and cause noise and signal deterioration even in a receive antenna. But you don't need fancy ceramic insulators or the like, almost any plastic that gives you an inch or two of seperation is fine. But if you can't do insulators, then put up what you can put up, it'll be a heck of a lot better than indoors. have fun, and take care on ladders etc. Happy newyear Tom Fowle [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
