[g8wayg8r]

I connected a 75 foot wire to the antenna terminal of my 40-201 and it works great except around 8 Mhz and above 14 Mhz. I ran my wire along the side of the house and terminated it at a fence post so there's a 10 to 20 degree bend about half way along the length.

Interesting idea about an L-shaped antenna. I surely don't know enough about electromagnetic radiation and wires to know if the projected area of the antenna (the hypotnose) that's important or not. Seems like that's so since I'm sure my antenna isn't aligned geometrically with all of the stations I can hear.