Antenna and Radio Room for Shortwave Listening and Ham Radio

My G5RV as seen from my front lawn, and then the radio room / ham shack. My most recent hardware addition is the Stridsberg HF Multicoupler. This takes the input from one antenna and splits it to four outputs, with no loss of signal and with 20dB of isolation between inputs. Very nice little box. I can have four different radios on, receiving on them all at the same time, from one antenna. No signal loss from splitting, and plenty of isolation between to avoid oscillator interference.

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• G5RV
• TS-570
• TS570DG
• R-4B
• Drake
• R4B
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• preselector
• stridsburg
• mfj
• multicoupler
• antenna
• shortwave
• k6mak
• ke6oi
• 1045C

[TMFOK7]

Are you running the MFJ preselecters off of each lead from the Stridesburg coupler?

Nice little shack you have there...

73...

[mkrubsack]

@TMFOK7 At that time, yes. Now, I don't use any preselector. I rearranged the shack as in the picture located at "files.qrz.com/k/k6mak/Ham_Sha­ck_Apr_2011_sm.jpg"

[717i]

I'm curious: what camera did you use to record this video?

[mkrubsack]

@717i I used a Canon FS10. It's a couple of years old now.

[48alfaone]

How well does your antenna work for SW and MW listening over say a long wire? Does it work good for noise reduction? Thanks for the video, nice station, 73, Kev.

[mkrubsack]

@48alfaone I've never used a long wire. I got into SWLing from being a ham, so I always had ham antenna. Where I live now, the G5RV is the best fit for my lot. I added a few more receivers, and will re-do a video of the shack soon.

I live in the heart of the city, and am plagued by power line noise. It comes and goes, and is my greatest annoyance.

[parosite]

Nice ... Man i really gotta learn to build a shortwave antenna ... Just got a grundig 750 for shits and giggles but am not picking up too much off the whip .. I clipped some speaker wire and ran it out my second story window and tied it to the top of a tree 50 ft away and ita not much better than the whip oh i di clip a wire in the ground slot and ran that out the window to a copper pole i hammered 5ft into the dirt ... Any advice on a simple but more efficient rig ?

[ve9eearo]

What a great video!  Thanks for sharing. Bob,VE9EE

[tvdxrools]

great video .. thats what a shack should look like

[gsxer13]

After about 5 years my MCA104 multicoupler has stop working.

[N0rthwestRadio]

Great work on the vid. Added to channel.

For best performance of the G5RV it is important that the vertical element of the antenna (The twin lead) be as vertical as possible. It is not critical and wont hurt anything to run it away at an angle, but your TX signal would be better if it hangs directly down all the way to the coax if possible. (32 feet +/- if I recall) Again, not critical, only an improvement. The antenna is awesome on 20 meters where it should be resonant. Enjoy!