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SDR recommendation......
JCMaxwell:
Chris may disagree, but if you don’t want to add another antenna, it should work well with your swl sloper.
ChrisSmolinski:
--- Quote from: East Troy Don on February 11, 2020, 0221 UTC ---Chris, which antenna does you recommend for this SDR ?
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Your choice of antenna is more about what you have the space/ability to install vs the radio/SDR type. Maybe describe what environment (size of land, tree's (height and spacing), etc) you have and what you're most interested in listening to?
East Troy Don:
5 acres of Southern Wisconsin farmland. Nearest city of any size is 15 miles away. Very tall trees about 30 yards away, thickly spaced and VERY malleable under even light to moderate winds. Although I try to stay active I'm 69 years old and I'm not climbing them suckers. I DO have a Whistler WS 1098 scanner than i run off of an old TV directional antenna up in the attic (it was here when I bought the house) than works beautifully picking up the 5 surrounding counties due, in no small part because the house is on top of a hill. Since that works so well I was toying with the idea of running the SDR through a 100' bare wire antenna kit I bought a year ago and have not done anything with. I figured as long as I don't double back over the wire layout this may work. My shack is in an exposed ,finished basement. Is this a viable possibility?
Thanks.
Josh:
5 acres of Southern Wisconsin farmland?!?
I'd head straight for the rhombic rosette and/or a wullenweber!
https://www.hilomast.com/antenna-systems/hf-antennas/rhombic-antenna/
https://ece.illinois.edu/about/history/wullenweber.asp
If afraid of heights one might consider a rosette of beverages.
https://www.w8ji.com/beverages.htm
nickcarr3151:
--- Quote from: East Troy Don on February 12, 2020, 0211 UTC ---5 acres of Southern Wisconsin farmland. Nearest city of any size is 15 miles away. I was toying with the idea of running the SDR through a 100' bare wire antenna kit. Is this a viable possibility?
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For receive just about anything is possible. With that kind of land I'd strongly suggest a 1m amplified loop (or your own custom loop) into the Afedri. You should get mega-signals with that setup. The random wire antenna would still work for a cheap, temporary solution. The nice thing about the loop is that it just needs space. It doesn't require height. The cost is modest. There's one from China that is like $50 online. There's a USA-made model called W6LVP Loop and it's around $250. Then there's Wellbrook but they're a tad more expensive.
W6LVP: https://www.w6lvp.com/product/amplified-receive-only-mag-loop-antenna-with-power-inserter/
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