wrote:
After 35 years I recently bought a Realistic DX-160 - the same model I
had as a kid. I quickly hooked up to an antenna in the attic I used
about 20 years ago on a 1937 RCA 8K console.
The reception was nil. I recalled many more stations as a kid so
tonight I rigged up a 35' each side dipole in the attic. I think it
means that the antenna is a balanced dipole. Please correct me if I am
wrong. I used coax to run from the center to the radio, one side
attached to the center lead and the othe attached to the shield.
So far this setup is working much better and the HAMs and more stations
are coming in.


Brian - I Am Glad You Asked !

- My questions are

- 1. Is this the proper way to hook up this antenna?

R - Yes

- It runs to the A1and A2 connection points on the back of the
- receiver and the jumper from gnd to A2 has been removed.

R - That would be right connections for your Radio
and the Dipole Antenna.

- 2. With this setup I lose the shielded lead

R - No the Outer-Shield of the Coax Cable functions
as 1/2 of the feed-in-line for the Dipole Antenna.

- should I look for a 2 lead shielded cable?

R - No - You have connected things right.

- I will have more questions
- I hope not to pester.
-
- Thanks
- Brian

FWIW - The 70 Foot Tip-to-Tip (35 Foot per Arm) Dipole
Antenna would be resonant about 6.7 MHz and generally
tend to receive better Off-the-Sides vice the Ends.

* Windom Antenna -vice- Dipole Antenna
An alternate Shortwave Listening (SWL) Antenna design
that could be rigged in the same space would be a
Windom Antenna (Off-Center-Fed-Dipole) of 70 Foot
Tip-to-Tip with a Short-Arm of 27 Feet {8.7MHz} with a
Long-Arm of 43 Feet {5.4 MHz}; and Tip-to-Tip of 70
Feet {6.7 MHz}. The Windom Antenna would give you
a little better broadband Characteristics then the Dipole
Antenna.

* Use a Balun with a Dipole Antenna
Another 'improved' Shortwave Listening (SWL) Antenna
design would use a Balun {Matching Transformer} between
the Dipole Antennaand the Coax Cable feed-in-line. This
is most often a 4:1 {Four-to-One} Matching Transformer.
Using the Balun will better 'match' the Dipole Antenna to
the Coax Cable feed-in-line and the Receiver across a
wide frequency range then simply using a Dipole Antenna
that is directly connected to the Coax Cable.
- - - The direct conneted Dipole Antenna is great for Hams
working on a single Shortwave (HF) Frequency Band.
+ + + The Dipole Antenna using a 4:1 Balun is better for
Shortwave Listeners (SWLs) who are Listening to a
variety of Frequencies across the Shortwave Band.


shortwave listening (swl) antennas - they are all about . . .
hearing 'what's out there' - iane ~ RHF
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May You Never Tire of Listening to the Radio and Always
have Strong Signals and Noise Free Reception ~ RHF {ibid}
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shortw...a/message/9233
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Alle Sind Willkommen ! - - - Shortwave Radiozuhörer
Gruppe für SWL Antennen
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Tutti Sono Benvenuti ! - - - Gruppo Radiofonico
dell'ascoltatore di onda corta per le Antenne di SWL
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shortwave-SWL-Antenna/
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Todos São Bem-vindos ! - - - Grupo de Rádio
do ouvinte do Shortwave para Antenas de SWL
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shortwave-SWL-Antenna/
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Ð’Ñ�е Ð*адушны ! - - - Группа оператора
на приеме коротковолнового диапазона
Radio дл� Aнтенн SWL
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de la onda corta para las Antenas de SWL
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= = = = Plain Old American-English Translation = = = =
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(SWL) Antenna Group on YAHOO !
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