you'd need some sort of balun for a long wire.
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From: "Shaun Oliver" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 1:22 AM
Subject: long wire antennas.


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> hey guys, I'm considering building a long wire antenna. mainly, because
> I want to, and to see if I can.
> my question is, can I simply attach a predetermined length of wire, say,
> roughly 40 meters, to the centre core of the coax and be done with it,
> or do I need to have some kind of counterpoise in place?
> I could always just solder the wire itself to the centre pin of a pl-259
> and hope for the best, but, I've no wish to burn the bum out of a radio.
> I've considered winding a 12:1 balun to negate the need for
> counterpoise, but, I don't know how well that would work, and I dont'
> have the patients to do that at the moment.
> I realise that somewhere in the mix, I'll need a tuner, but, I'm not too
> worried about that just yet. I need to get a radio first, haha.
> if anybody's built a long wire or similar, I would appreciate your input.
> another thing that is of interest to me, is how high, or rather how low
> I can have the thing before I should give up on getting any kind of
> signal out.
> I'm restricted to 4 meters by she-who-must-be-obeyed.
> I'm thinking of having the thing gently slope up to the 4 meter mark.
> thanks in advance.
>
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