>I have read alot about antenna cb, ham etc. is it as easy  as they  say
 >you can just hook up say a 60' pc. of #16 wire to your radio run it in your
 >attic or in a straight line high in your back yard * and get great results
 >? my radio has rabbit ears and a screw type antenna terminal*
 >it works great now * but i was looking for extra performance* do i hook up
 >where the rabbit ears are ? any help would be appreciated (atleast i don't
 >have to worry about swr's like cb ) not that you have to as bad as wive's
 >tales tell yah' ***
Since we're on the SHORTWAVE conference, and you're radio has screw 
terminals, I'll assume the radio in question is a shortwave receiver.
No, SWR is NOT a problem when the antenna  is strictly going to be used for 
receiving purposes. Any ol' hank of wire will work. Thank's one of the things 
that makes this hobby so much fun, is that you can experiment with any kind 
of antenna you care to experiement with, and you  don't have to worry about 
damaging your radio. (Unless of course, you decide you want to try using the 
main house wiring as an antenna.) B-)
I assume your radio has TWO screw terminals? One should be marked ANT and the 
other should be marked GND. The GND should be connected to a heavy-guage wire 
which you hook up to a cold water pipe, or a ground rod. The ANT terminal is 
where your antenna wire goes, if it's a "single conductor" lead in, If you're 
using coaxial cable, you would connect the center conductor to this terminal 
and the shield would also be connected to the GND terminal.
Hope this helps! Have fun!
Nathan KB4CWR
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