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Andrew,

No progress. Been busy. More soon.

Cheers, Jock

I will check those out.

Wow, Andrew, just wow!

Someday, the pie and coffee are definitely on me!

Cheers, Jock

"Also since it will be invisible and won't be an obstacle and since it will effectively reduce the noise a lot on lower frequencies" -- music to my ears.

Once a year, we get winter here at my location. I don't suppose snow and/or ice will affect the performance of the LOG?

The LOG antenna idea is intriguing.

Measurements:

- Left corner of house to downspout: approx. 16 ft
- Downspout to right corner of house: approx 19.5 ft.
- height of gutter above ground at downspout: approx 10 feet

Cheers, Jock

Here's my situation: I planned to run the antenna underneath the plastic rain gutter and run the downlead behind the downspout. Underneath the ladder is a strip of concrete sidewalk. The radio room is behind the two windows all the way to the right. https://i.postimg.cc/w3QrF2HQ/Oakwood-and-antenna-...

??

Would like to post some pix of my outside situation re: antennas.

Cheers, Jock

Got it. Thanks!

I think I will try first with the adaptor.

I want to connect this -- https://swling.com/blog/2021/06/jock-designs-a-horizontal-room-loop-to-cope-with-reception-issues/ -- to an MFJ 1045C active preselector, which requires coax input and does not accept a wire antenna directly. So I need a balun?? -- maybe this? https://www.amazon.com/LDG-RBA...

Andrew,

Another goofy question: would linear loading work with an end-fed wire?