yeah it'd work fantastically. if you're using it as an end fed longwire, 
you might want to make sure you have a suitable earth or counterpoise in 
place. and if you're pretty handy building couplers you'll want to throw 
together one of those as well. otherwise just use your atu, if it's 
capable of tuning longwire antennas.

Shaun
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On 26/06/2008 2:11 AM, the old scribe known as Bill Deatherage was able 
to impart this pearl of wisdom:
> Hello to all:
> in the past, when I have wanted to make an antenna for a short wave =
> receiver I have taken a long piece of covered wire and used it for an =
> antenna.  I was wondering if a long piece of covered  wire measured =
> correctly  using the formula 468 divided by the  frequency in megacycles =
> would work?
> Bill Deatherage
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