My original thread on this subject was here.
But I've decided to start a new thread as my original post was in regard to specific equipment, wondering if it could be used, and turned into suggestions and advice on something entirely different. Now that some of the hardware is in place, I wanted to continue down this new path and have new questions.
I've installed 100 ft of wire in the attic, supported by zip ties attached to the beams. The wire is 18 AWG insulated copper.
There is some improvement. What I have noticed is that a lot of signal has cleaned up. I don't see that I can get more on the HF band, but that which I can get is much cleaner and stations that were indecipherable before can now be understood. Towards to upper part of the HF band however (example, CB range 27mhz on or about), the volume is very low. I can hear it, but it's much quieter than with the built in antenna.
I have 300 ft more to add, and I assume that this will improve the antenna due to length.
However, others had suggested that getting the wire outside is best of course. It now turns out that I can get the wire outside and into some trees adjacent to the house. My question is; is it ok to have most of the wire inside and some of it outside, or does it have to be all or nothing? I can get maybe 300ft in the attic and 100ft outside and into the trees. Will the extra 100ft outside be better than inside, or with that arrangement should I just leave all of it inside? Let me know what you guys think.
But I've decided to start a new thread as my original post was in regard to specific equipment, wondering if it could be used, and turned into suggestions and advice on something entirely different. Now that some of the hardware is in place, I wanted to continue down this new path and have new questions.
I've installed 100 ft of wire in the attic, supported by zip ties attached to the beams. The wire is 18 AWG insulated copper.
There is some improvement. What I have noticed is that a lot of signal has cleaned up. I don't see that I can get more on the HF band, but that which I can get is much cleaner and stations that were indecipherable before can now be understood. Towards to upper part of the HF band however (example, CB range 27mhz on or about), the volume is very low. I can hear it, but it's much quieter than with the built in antenna.
I have 300 ft more to add, and I assume that this will improve the antenna due to length.
However, others had suggested that getting the wire outside is best of course. It now turns out that I can get the wire outside and into some trees adjacent to the house. My question is; is it ok to have most of the wire inside and some of it outside, or does it have to be all or nothing? I can get maybe 300ft in the attic and 100ft outside and into the trees. Will the extra 100ft outside be better than inside, or with that arrangement should I just leave all of it inside? Let me know what you guys think.