On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 10:54:29 +0100, "Steve Muir"
wrote:

I have recently bought a 2nd hand faihaven RD500, im really pleased with it,
having been an avid VHF/UHF listener before i wanted to get into HF/SW.
I currently have a telescopic aeriel plugged into the back, which im sure is
no use. Someone told me all you have to do is run a wire 33ft long around my
loft and plug it into the back of my reciever and ill pick up some great
stuff. Im particularly interested in Military but other stuff as well

Im not sure how true this is, can someone enlighten me, if so then can you
give me a breakdown of what ill need and any tips to installing it.

Any help will be very much appreciatted

Thanks in advance

Steve(Scottish)


Hi Steve,

Looks like a really nice rig. One comment to add to Doc's advice: add
a tuner between your antenna and the rig. The reason is that nearby
AM stations can overload and saturate your front end without you
knowing it and reduce the sensitivity considerably! This is not so
obvious with a whip antenna, but it becomes a big time problem with
longwire antennas if the front end is not tuned (a very expensive
feature, unless you go back several generations to tube models).

You can buy a cheap one that is already used by an amateur (or go for
the absolute cheapest model without meters that would do you no good
anyway). Or to cut cost even more, build your own (browse the net for
designs).

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC