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jim rozen wrote:

In article , Grant Erwin says...

AM radios work well with a long wire antenna. Get a long wire, copper 1/8"
cable is good, and string it as straight as you can as long as you can as
high as you can, and run one end of it to your AM antenna screw.

1/8 inch diameter is a bit on the large size. R/S used to sell
SW antenna kits iwth the insulators and a feed through. I think
they've been discontinued.

Number 14 or 12 stranded wire works pretty well.

One end goes to a tree with an insulator (think cermamic, or
piece of plexiglass) and the other end ties off to the house
with a similar insulator.

Near the house there's a T-tap on the antenna which leads
in to the radio.

I like to put the far end of the longwire through a pulley, and
then down to a weight. That way ice storms don't rip them down.

You can also go to your local farmers co-op and get aluminum electric
fence and insulators cheap; the aluminum holds up to ice better than
steel or copper and is cheaper to repair/replace.

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