For a receiver such as the S-38, almost any long wire, straight or looped will work fine.? I would just put up as much

wire as possible and go from there.? If you are experiencing overloading, then I would check the receiver AVC circuit.

Perhaps it is not functioning correctly.? Have you checked the tubes?

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K2WH

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Hi I use a slinky antenna home made but like the antennas sold on
ebay. Its hanging on a hook on my shop door. I do not think I have
$5 invested. A pece of wire a push on connector to fit the slinky
and some pvc pipe to insulate the ends.
?????????????????? Tom


--- In HallicraftersRadios@..., "tuberadioguy"
wrote:
> I'm new to the group and I'm just wondering what kinds of
> antennas (length, electrical arrangement) people have used
> with a Hallicrafters radio such as the S38 type (or similar).
>
> Has anyone used a loop antenna with a model such as the S38?
>
> A previous owner an S38 radio suggested an untuned long wire
antenna,
> but a 40 ft length of wire seemed to cause a lot of overloading
> on mine.
>
> Also, AM is quite noisy (probably local noise) below 800 kHz with
> a long wire.
>
> I'm interested in details like lengths and / or electrical
> arrangements (dipole,sloper, etc.) that have been used.
>??
> I'd welcome hearing anyone's shortwave and AM listening?
experiences
> with a S38 model.
>
>
> Thanks
>?
> Tuberadioguy




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