[Hallicrafters] Receiving Antenna help...

[jew123 at juno.com]

Last year I rebuilt a SX-99.  Now I need help designing a good 
receiving antenna to use with it.  I picked up the ARRL Antenna Book 
from the local library.  However it appears like ever antenna 
discussed in this book is for use with a transmitter operated by a 
mathematician (LOL).  Now I know that an antenna for transmitting will 
also work for receiving, but I do not transmit.  And since you are 
applying high voltage RF to the antenna to transmit, these antennas 
seem to be complex and expensive to build.

I have purchased 2 70-foot rolls of #14 Radio Shack antenna wire and 
10 insulators off the Internet and need some suggestions for antenna 
options, other than high and long.  Can one make homemade lightning 
arrestors?  I cannot seem to locate arrestors anywhere.

Jim Winkler
Centennial, CO



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