Wayne Parham Messages: 18787 Registered: January 2001
Illuminati (33rd Degree)
Long wire antennas are pretty simple critters, really. The longer the better, the higher the better, the further away from objects (particularly metal) the better. You can also use a tuned antenna (of specific length) but if you're tuning shortwave, sometimes you really want a broadband general purpose longwire.
There are a lot of good links on the internet, some some searches are in order. Here are a few good ones: