Inge,

The manual states to use a long wire on the lower bands the receiver covers 
and a dipole on the four higher bands. A dipole that is resonant on 7 MHz will 
also work fairly well on 14 MHz, 21 MHz, 28 MHz, etc. I'd be partial to following 
their recommendations. 

And with the sun getting more active, there will be more stations heard from 
further away due to the increased ionization of the upper atmosphere. 

I may have the clean the dust off my radio (and straighten up my workshop, 
yours puts it to shame) and see what I can hear as well. Heck, I might even 
plug in the microphone and see if anybody can hear me.

Blair

On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 19:38:13 +0100, Inge Hernefjord 
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Thanks, Steve & Blair,
>
>the manual is excellent, thanks again. Unfortunately very little about
>antennas.
>When I look through the 56 ps manual, I realize this is a very advanced
>machine for its age. They are said to be one of the best for that time. Just
>wonder what they cost then? Nothing for the picnic, weight 75 pounds!
>
>A funny problem: it's almost impossible to get the old copper lines with
>porcelain isolators. Whoever I try look at me as being a Neanderthaler. So,
>seems as it will be a variable dipol of some kind. From what you say, Blair,
>it will be little of  a monster to cover all bands. On the other hand, is
>there anything today at kHz bands? Beacons? Navigation buoys? Radio 
sonds? I
>guess  my old receiver will be laughed at by the VHF/UHF/GHZ radios: " Have
>you seen, folks, a GEC BRT 400S...ho-ho-ho..it smells of stinky selenium
>rectifier and leaking electrolytes. Poor thing, got a frequency range like
>an elephant..ho-ho....use capacitors with blades and gear boxes..no, no, not
>kidding....and you should see the line transformer...my...weight as a six
>feet man...guys...let's help him back to the museum.."
>
>Inge
>

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