for receiving, the common low dipole with whatever size legs you can make
works just fine. which is easiest to use depends on they type of antenna
connector on your radio, if it has 2 terminals then a dipole with twinlead
or coax plus a balun would probably be easiest. if it is only a single
terminal then just go with a single random wire. note that you can run the
random wire right from the back of the radio, but because it will pick up rf
noise from anything it goes near you might want to use coax to at least get
the antenna away from rf noise makers like tv's and computers first.

"Irv Finkleman" wrote in message
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A dipole is directional and built for a single frequency although it will
work over a narrow band of frequencies. It is not really suitable for
shortwave listining. You would do better with a random wire as long and
high as possible.

Irv VE6BP

larev wrote:

New to restoring chassis's on vacuum tube radios, and want to know from
antenna experts what better solution is there than just a long wire. Most
my
radios are AM/SW, and would like something simple to attach to the
antenna
screw on the back, and have full range reception. I've heard the term
1/2
wave dipole with a balanced lead-in, but don't know what that would look
like. Thanks

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