>NB> receiving purposes. Any ol' hank of wire will work.
 >
 >    The longer the better!
 >    If you're just listening to shortwave, shorter wire antennas work OK,
 >but they don't work on the lower end of the shortwave band or on the AM
 >broadcast band.  Anything under 50' is worthless for the low end of the
 >shortwave band.
Not necessarily. Depending on the receiver's dynamic range, longer wires can 
sometimes cause overload. Granted, this usually isn't a problem
"mid-range" to "high end" receivers, but with some of the "budget" receivers, 
overload can be a real problem. I used to have an old Realistic DX-100 and at 
night, the overload on 80mtrs was so bad, I had resort to using the on-board 
telescopic whip! I also had a Panasonic RF-3100 at one time, and just for the 
heck of it, I tried a different (longer) antenna configuration.  With the 
"new" antenna, the only station I could pick up was The Voice Of Free China, 
and I was picking it up all over the whole 'friggin spectrum! The best 
solution is simply to experiment and see what works best.
73 ES GUD DX DE KB4CWR
Nathan
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