long wire antenna

 

A customer lives in an apartment house on the 17th floor. He wants to
use an old Hallicrafters AM and SW radio. He cannot put up a long wire
antenna in the conventional way, however he wants to "weave" a sort of
antenna outside on his terrace, sort of like a web, with insulators to
hold the wire in every bend off ground. In this way he hopes to
achieve the length of a long wire antenna in a confined space. Will
this scheme work? The other option would be to hang a 2 X 4 off the
edge of the terrace and drop a wire down with an insulator on it and
hope that he can secure it to a neighbors terrace several floors
below. Anyone have any thought on this problem. Thanks, Lenny