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Receiving Wire Antennas

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Introduction

Receiving wire antennas are useful on 160 and 80 meters, where rotatable antennas are impractical for all but a few lucky hams.  The noise is so high on these bands that efficiency can be sacrificed with a negligible effect on receive signal to noise ratio.

Additional information on this subject and related topics can be found in back issues of QST and the following:

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