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On Oct 6, 2013, at 2:43 PM, john wrote:
> If you don't notice a significant difference in background noise levels
and signal strengths of stations when you attache a long wire to the
receiver, there's something wrong with the radio, or the way the antenna
is being attached.
OK, thanks Ill pull the wire back out and give it another try.
> Is it a wire that attaches directly to the built in whip?
No.
Does it plug into a jack then I take it?
> Most "long wires" that come with receivers aren't very long.
I havent actually measured this one, but its probably around forty feet.
That should be plenty long enough
> What happens if you moisten your finger tips and touch the whip? does
the background noise jump up some?
It doesnt appear to make any difference.
What happens if you connect and disconnect the long wire antenna while you
have a shortwave signal tuned in? Does the level go up and down?
> Do you hear WWV at 5/10/15 Mhz at any time?
(I assume you mean Khz, not Mhz.) Im not getting them right now, no. On
15, Im picking up a faint sporadic blooping type noise, nothing
more. Let me try attaching the wire again and see whether that makes any
difference.
Nope... 5 , 10 or 15 Mhz should bring you the tick tock of WWV (where are
you located by the way...US?)
John
Government furloughs definitely leave you with a lot of time on your
hands
even with all the TV that I have to watch and the schoolwork that I
have to do, Im still a man of leisure right now, albeit an involuntary one.
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