TD> Well since that message i ran a 60' piece of #16 wire outside sloping 
TD> it 
TD> slightly downhill (?) this has yielded astounding results * 
    Just having the wire _long_ makes for excellent results compared to the 
receiver's built-in whip, particularly as you start trying to listen to 
frequencies nearer the AM broadcast band than to 30 MHz.  60' of wire does 
work an awful lot better than 20', indoors or out (try it).
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