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Antenna for Philco Radio
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11-27-2011, 01:44 AM
Texasrocker Wrote:I still have about 2500' ft left off a old original 5000' roll dynamite wire. Can't find this stuff anymores! 18 guage solid strand plastic-jacket coated dynamite wire makes darn good outdoor longwire antennas indeed! Works well for broadcasting from 550- 1700kc also with 12 watts from a 6L6 or 6550 tube!! Mucho coverage!! I love experimenting on AM broadcast band indeed! It's not always about "receiving"! It's what watts you can "give" on the airwaves, for "test purposes" sometimes! ( hee hee) Antenna tuners work on both ends indeed! Icon_thumbup

do you have better broadcast with a longer antenna? I tought the antenna needed to be a specific optimal lenght...?
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Antenna for Philco Radio - by SKW40 - 11-21-2011, 10:59 PM
Re: Antenna for Philco Radio - by TA Forbes - 11-22-2011, 07:43 PM
Re: Antenna for Philco Radio - by SKW40 - 11-23-2011, 12:08 AM
Re: Antenna for Philco Radio - by 7estatdef - 11-23-2011, 12:48 AM
Re: Antenna for Philco Radio - by TA Forbes - 11-23-2011, 04:53 PM
Re: Antenna for Philco Radio - by 7estatdef - 11-23-2011, 05:06 PM
Re: Antenna for Philco Radio - by Texasrocker - 11-24-2011, 12:11 AM
Re: Antenna for Philco Radio - by TA Forbes - 11-24-2011, 03:59 PM
Re: Antenna for Philco Radio - by Texasrocker - 11-27-2011, 01:04 AM
Re: Antenna for Philco Radio - by Marsupial - 11-27-2011, 01:44 AM
Re: Antenna for Philco Radio - by TA Forbes - 11-27-2011, 02:29 AM
Re: Antenna for Philco Radio - by Marsupial - 11-27-2011, 10:45 AM
Re: Antenna for Philco Radio - by TA Forbes - 11-27-2011, 10:03 PM
Re: Antenna for Philco Radio - by BDM - 12-08-2011, 11:26 AM
Re: Antenna for Philco Radio - by BDM - 12-08-2011, 11:30 AM
Re: Antenna for Philco Radio - by codefox1 - 12-08-2011, 12:18 PM
Re: Antenna for Philco Radio - by BDM - 12-08-2011, 04:39 PM
Re: Antenna for Philco Radio - by fixinmyphilco - 12-10-2011, 08:24 AM



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