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Equipment / Re: HI, first post, antenna question.

« on: December 22, 2016, 1929 UTC »

Thank you all for helping. I have extended the length of the antenna by about 20 feet and I have moved the radio. I can get some stuff, but I think I need to wait and see for a while before I rush to judgment because the atmo my not be cooperating. So, we''ll see. One thing about the antenna wire, it runs right by the modem cable, monitor cables and power cable. I don't know if that will affect it. So, I'll wait a few days and then if it still is not picking up much I'll move the antenna and the radio to another part of the house.

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Huh? / Re: Checkmate

« on: December 21, 2016, 2311 UTC »

That's a neat chess set!

One time many years ago I was at a chess tournament and was a player in it as well. Later that evening several of us were discussing the tournament in the entryway of the hotel, with several media people. Next day a newspaper headline about the event read "Chess nuts boasting in an open foyer'.

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Equipment / Re: HI, first post, antenna question.

« on: December 21, 2016, 1136 UTC »

Thank you very much! I will move the radio which is the reason I want to make the external antenna longer. I just need to find a place in my room where it will work. And I forgot to mention, yesterday I had all the computers and monitors unplugged and I turned on the radio with the antenna plugged in and I could hear some SW from different stations! So I got all excited and went ahead and re-arranged everything and hooked all the computers up and Buuuuuuuzzzzz!

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Equipment / HI, first post, antenna question.

« on: December 21, 2016, 0100 UTC »

Hi, I'm retired, mostly, married, with children (grown), and have gotten interested in radio. I've got several Baofeng radios that I use for scanners and weather and such, but they are limited in my area. So, I got  Tecsun PL-660 a few days ago and I like it. But, I can't get any SW on it. So, today I re-did my computer room and ran the external antenna it came with and put it outside. The radio is sitting right beside all three of my computers and monitors, and the static is, well, bad. I can't get anything unless I move the radio and then the antenna wire does not reach.

So, it looks like there's just one wire inside the insulation and I thought I could just go buy a similar gauge wire and splice it on to it, and then move the radio to where it will work. I just didn't want to screw anything up seeing how I really don't know how antennas work. I feel I can just cut the wire a foot or so back from where it jacks into the radio and add a piece of wire, soldered and heat shrunk. Am I wrong?

Thanks.