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Quick and dirty (but extremely effective) longwire antenna
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Hi Tony

Yes, it will cause problems with both, as Jim mentioned...which is why I do not recommend doing this with a live phone line.

*****

I checked out my telephone network interface box this afternoon. Obviously Ma Bell disconnected my line at the utility pole, because the wiring is all still connected inside the interface box. I pulled the modular plug from the network interface jack...reception went way down...reconnected it...reception came back up.

The phone line runs some distance to the utility pole. So I now have a very good longwire! Icon_biggrin

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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN


Messages In This Thread
Coax lead-in - by AI2V - 03-10-2008, 09:10 PM
[No subject] - by Ron Ramirez - 03-10-2008, 10:07 PM
[No subject] - by Jim Dutridge - 03-11-2008, 03:47 PM
[No subject] - by TonyJSenior - 03-11-2008, 04:26 PM
[No subject] - by Ron Ramirez - 03-11-2008, 07:18 PM
[No subject] - by TonyJSenior - 03-11-2008, 08:15 PM
[No subject] - by TonyJSenior - 03-11-2008, 08:20 PM
[No subject] - by Ron Ramirez - 03-12-2008, 05:45 PM
[No subject] - by planigan - 03-13-2008, 12:16 AM
[No subject] - by TonyJSenior - 03-13-2008, 09:36 AM
[No subject] - by planigan - 03-13-2008, 09:52 AM



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