RHF's Radio Shack in Twain Harte, California -USA-

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RHF's Radio Shack in Twain Harte, California -USA-
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Radio / Receiver : Grundig Satellit 800 Millennium
http://www.dxing.com/rx/sat800.htm
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/1699
http://www.rigpix.com/grundig/satellit800.htm
http://www.radiointel.com/review-sat800.htm
http://www.radiointel.com/review-satellit800.htm
http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/portable/0800.html
http://www.etoncorp.co.uk/sat800.html
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Multi-Element "Flat-Wire WSW <-> ENE
Shortwave Listening (SWL) Antenna :
Five 1/4 WL Element 5-Wire Flat TV Rotor Cable
about 100 Foot Long Horizontal Wire Antenna
Laid-Out : Feed-Point-End WSW to ENE Far-End
~39 Foot Feed-Point Apex and ~8 Feet Far-End
Horizontal but runs into a Sloping Hill Side at the Far-End
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[ 'x' Connected Cut-to-Size Antenna Active Elements ]
x------------------------------------------------------------------o
98 Feet ~ 120m SW Band
x------------------------------------------------o 71 Feet ~ 90m SW
Band
x---------------------------------------o 59 Feet ~ 75m SW Band
x--------------------------------o 48 Feet ~ 60m SW Band
x--------------------------o 39 Feet ~ 49m SW Band
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[ 'o' Un-Connect Cut-toSize Wire Ends Passive Elements ]
o----------------------o 32 Feet ~ 41m SW Band
o-----------------o 25 Feet ~ 31m SW Band
o--------------o 20 Feet ~ 25m SW Band
o-----------o 17 Feet ~ 22m SW Band
o----------o 15 Feet ~ 19m SW Band
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RF Systems Magnetic Longwire Balun (MLB)
http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/antsup/1484.html
http://www.rf-systems.nl/pdf/mlb.pdf
using a RG6 Coax Cable Feed-in-Line about 25 Feet Long
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-aka- Low Noise Shortwave Listening (SWL) Antenna Set-Up
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.radio.shortwave/msg/e24cd5e4a449fb60
- - -a la- John Doty
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Location : Twain Harte, CA -USA- @ 3650 Feet Elevation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twain_Harte%2C_CA
Latitude 38° 02' 41" N @ Longitude 120° 14' 5" W
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Gold County {Mother Lode} Foothills
GOLD COUNTRY => http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Country
MOTHER LODE => http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_lode
California's Sierra Nevada Mountains.
SIERRAS => http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Nevada_(US)
Yosemite National Park in California
YOSEMITE => http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosemite_National_Park
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Interested in Shortwave Listening (SWL) Antennas then
Check-Out the SWL Antennas Group => http://tinyurl.com/ogvcf
GoTo => http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shortwave-SWL-Antenna/
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* Remember 55.5% of Shortwave Radio Listening (SWL)
is the Shortwave Antenna =>http://tinyurl.com/ogvcf
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