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I was starting to experiment with your suggestions below, but I noticed that the batteries are almost dead, so I stopped. Let me replace them and get back to you again in a little bit. Yes, the long antenna goes into a separate jack on the side… my radio is a Grundig G5 if you care to look up the specs. On Oct 6, 2013, at 3:57 PM, john wrote: > Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this > list > > > > At 02:50 PM 10/7/2013, you wrote: >> Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from >> this list >> >> 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 — I’ll 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 haven’t actually measured this one, but it’s 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 doesn’t 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.) I’m not getting them right now, no. On >> 15, I’m 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, I’m still a man of leisure right now, albeit an involuntary one. >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Spooks mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > III > ______________________________________________________________ > Spooks mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
