long wire, short wave antenna

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Originally Posted by KFCrosby

Hi Glenn, you may want to try a version of the "Carpet Loop" Antenna. I used one of these several years ago when I did not have much space. Worked well for me listening to ute's in the 5 & 8Mhz bands.

http://mysite.verizon.net/vze20h45/r...arpetloop.html

This looks like a really cool thing, but I don't quite understand how the loop works. It seems you run a multi conductor cable around the room's perimeter and use the switch to choose which conductor to use, but wouldn't they all be the same length? What am I missing here?