Hi Mike, When I was in Grad school at Michigan State, I put up a no seeum dipole. It was made from number 26 gage wire with supports made of one quarter inch dowels. I'd always work on my antenna at night cause I didn't need any light and the darkness kept reports to the police to a minimum. I also carried a police radio up to the roof with me just in case. Bob Tinney, K8LR, [log in to unmask] www.access-devices.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Freeman" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 5:14 PM Subject: Re: Tuning an antenna Ah yes. I knew several people who used a Globe chief. I started out using a Harvey-Wells Bandmaster as a Novice; I tuned it listening to the power supply although I eventually intended to hook up a meter-reading circuit. Then I used a DX-100 with a "comparator" -- the device I described wherein one matched pitches to determine meter reading. Used a NC-300 National receiver. Then I wend to the Drake TR-4 transceiver which I still have. No HF gear on the air at the moment as I live in an apartment and haven't figured out how to set up an antenna that might be worth anything, let alone a decent ground on the bands I'm interested in. Would love to get back into it, though. Mike Freeman < K 7 U I J >