[ARC5] BC-221 Coupling

[Dennis Monticelli]

HF coax usually just uses braid (no foil) and the coverage is less
than 100% even for the good stuff.  I wouldn't be surprised if you
could pick up enough signal simply by running a wire from the BC-221
to the coax and wrapping it around several times.

Dennis  AE6C

On 11/14/12, J. Forster <jfor at quikus.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Much WW II gear used open wire antenna connections, so a BC-221 could just
> be coupled by being placed nearby. Modern gear generally uses coax.
>
> I've not seen any well thought out adapters to couple a BC-221 to coax.
> Has anybody? I'm not much of a fan of just sticking a small nearby as a
> coupling means.
>
> -John
>
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