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Re: SWL longwire antenna

Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2016 6:15 pm
by Jon_G4FUT
I live in "Sheltered Accommodation for the Elderly" which is one of 16 apartments. I am on the second floor and my antenna is a bit of wire, about 60 feet long, thrown over the roof and few with about 5 feet of coax to the window into a 9:1 balun. Works great (well good enough for me :) ) on both TX and RX, SDRplay uses the same antenna. Highest point is about 25 feet, (the apex of the roof) over ground level. of course I need to use an ATU to match the different frequencies, but often the SDRplay is just attached to the antenna, bypassing the matching unit.

Re: SWL longwire antenna

Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2016 8:41 pm
by F1BJB
Hi
I found that the toroid transformer helps a lot in noise reduction
and avoid having a a long exposed wire straight into the RSP.
I use toroids salvaged from energy saving fluorescent lamps.
Grounding the coaxial near the toroid seems useless in fact it makes a ground loop with the computer power supply ground.
May be with a portable it helps.