>Yes somehow my message ended up in the cb echo * my sw radio has just the
 >grnd. screw terminal but what i did was hooked a 48" cb whip w/ alligator
 >clips to the rabbit ears of the radio + i wound 100' of #16 coated wire
 >around a plastic cylinder and hooked one end w/clips also to the rabbit
 >ears the grnd terminal is hooked into house ground as you said * this has
 >yielded unbelievable results can you tell me what i did ??? i am picking up
 >more broadcast than i ever did * austria * cuba better no fading * any us
 >city * just to name a few * a technical explanation would be appreciated *
 >thanks *
When you say "plastic cylinder" I assume you're refering the the loading coil 
of the CB antenna? What you did was create an "inductive coupling" between 
the 100' wire and the antenna. This can be done with purt near any recieving 
antenna. Something you might want to try just as an interesting experiment is 
take a small pocket-sized AM radio and wrap the end of a long peice of wire 
around it several times. You'd never believe the stations that "el-cheapo" 
radio is capable of picking up!
73 & Have Fun!
Nathan KB4CWR
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