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Colin McDonald <[log in to unmask]>
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For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:57:21 -0700
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probably a cushcraft.
Something like the R5 or similar.
I can't put down achers of ground radials so it'll have to be something with
a ground plane or counter poise system that works well enough at the
antenna.
73
Colin, CF6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Fiorello" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 5:25 PM
Subject: Re: Alabama Man On Top of Tower


> Hi;
> Just curious, what kind of hf vertical are you considering?
> Richard
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 11:41 PM
> Subject: Re: Alabama Man On Top of Tower
>
>
> sounds like where i am now, except they didn't specify yards, since we
only
> have one, and they never said anything about being too rediculous.
> I've got two masts up now, 30 and 10 feet, with ground plain verticals on
> both.
> I am planning on putting up a mast mounted vertical for HF and possibly a
> 2M/70CM beam at the top of the taller mast as well.
> I may get away with a 3 element cushcraft for ten fifteen and 20 if i
really
> tried, but it might be stretching things a bit.
> 73
> Colin, CF6BKX
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 9:33 PM
> Subject: Re: Alabama Man On Top of Tower
>
>
> > you could ask the owners. I know 1 guy in an apartment who his landlord
> said
> > he could do what ever he wants so long as nothing's in the front yard
and
> > it's not overly ridiculous. I guess his tripod on the roof with a beam,
> > vertical antenna, and the ground mounted vertical in the back yard are
> fine.
> > I think he has a small antenna of UHF/VHF on the balcony too, he used
to.
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "matt V" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 11:29 PM
> > Subject: Re: Alabama Man On Top of Tower
> >
> >
> > > wonder if that would be the same for 2 meter or whatever antennas too,
> any
> > > place that knows you are in an apartment says you cant have antennas
> > > outside, well thats what i was told from the guy at hamradio outlet
> > > anyway, or was he just trying to sell me a piece of doo-doo for an
> antenna
> > > speaking of which, i wonder what a magmount would do to their outside
> end
> > > of their a/c units :p
> > > am i truely stuck with a magmount type thing if i want to use radios
in
> > > this apartment?
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, 9 Jan 2007, hank smith wrote:
> > >
> > >> my landlord said I could have my dish on my patio, on a trypod but I
> can
> > >> not
> > >> have it attached to the building.
> > >> thanks
> > >> hank
> > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > >> From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
> > >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > >> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 6:26 PM
> > >> Subject: Re: Alabama Man On Top of Tower
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> Do they get to say where you can or can't install it?
> > >>> I know here, in my complex, and in others, they have to let you have
> it,
> > >>> but
> > >>> they say it can't be permanently attached to any portion of the
> > >>> property,
> > >>> such as buildings or fences, but must be ground mounted, or on a
table
> > >>> of
> > >>> some sort.
> > >>> 73
> > >>> Colin, V A6BKX
> > >>> ----- Original Message -----
> > >>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> > >>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > >>> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 4:54 PM
> > >>> Subject: Re: Alabama Man On Top of Tower
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>> you're right, I was told that when I signed up for the dish. I
forget
> > >>>> the
> > >>>> number of the law, but they told us, even if we moved to an
> apartment,
> > >>> they
> > >>>> have to let us install it. They don't have to like it and can tell
us
> > >>> that,
> > >>>> but they can't say "no".
> > >>>> ----- Original Message -----
> > >>>> From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
> > >>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > >>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 6:26 PM
> > >>>> Subject: Re: Alabama Man On Top of Tower
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> Not just wrong, but illegal. As I understand it, antennas to
receive
> > >>>>> television signals cannot be banned...I forget the exact rule,
> > >>>>> though.
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