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Hello,

I currently have random wire connected directly to my IC-7200. I am not transmitting, receive only for now.

It runs out of the house turns 90 degrees and runs approx. 30 feet along a rail of my 6 ft. high privacy fence. It then turns another 90 degrees and runs approx. 60 feet, then turns 90 degrees one more time and runs about 40 feet. Basically a U shape. The rail it sits on is about 9 inches below the top of the fence.

Two questions.

1). Do all the turns affect the receive performance?



2). Would running it through standoffs a little higher than the top of the fence make it work any better.



I can hear some SW, BCB, and Ham as it is. But for the most part, not much more than with the wire I threw up in a tree right outside the window.



Thanks for any thoughts.

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