I have a room on the second floor with a small gauge wire that goes around the
circumference of the room at ceiling level. I get great reception on my Yaesu
FRG-100 and Yaesu FT-840. Being that you are in a condo, results may not be as
good. There are also several amplified antennas available for shortwave
receivers. If you could arrange to have the antenna near the window, results
may be better.

Are you going to purchase your Icom at AES in Cleveland? I understand that
they are on sale there, and I believe that it included a DSP.

http://www.aesham.com/display_pages/r75.shtml

Regards.

In article , "Martineau
Gauda" wrote:
Hi,

My daughter has taken an interest in short-wave and I am going to purchase
the Icom R-75.

The problem is that we live in the Cleveland OH area in a 3rd floor condo
and cannot place an outside antenna.

Without a good outside antenna is this venture doomed to failure and if an
inside wire antenna is used what kind of SW or AM distant stations should be
readable with such an arrangement in this area.

Thanks

Martineau Gauda


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