[murf]

Hi Guy's
Have a really mint 38-116 that I got from a pro that restored it completely.
This guy is very thorough when he does one.
Just wondering what most people think is an adequate single wire antenna for the antenna hog?
Has about a 10 ft wire on it now and it works, but not as good as most of my other radios.
Unless you are dialed into a strong local station, you get alot of static and backround noise.
Picks up stations all up and down the dial, but unless they are really strong stations, you have to deal with the static.
I thought maybe a little alignment issue, but I don't want to mess with the re-builders alignment unless I can improve it with more antenna.
If I grab the end of the single wire, it does not seem to improve reception.
Any thoughts from the Philco Pro's?
murf