Bill and others,

 Last night there was a modest opening on 10 meters and I was working a 
number of  southern and mid-west stations from my QTH near Philly.   I got a 
call from a fairly new ham  who was about 3 miles from me as the RF flies. 
He was in an apartment and using a B and W AP-10 antenna.   Said he had been 
using it on 40 CW, but I was only his second SSB contact.

Said he was running 100 watts.  I asked if he had RFI or neighbor complaints 
and he said no.  I tried to pick his brain a little, but he had mic fright 
and I could only get  half word answers out of him.  Had the impression 
that the whip was out the window, but not sure where the counterpoise was, 
inside or out.

If I hear him  in the future I'll see how he is doing contact wise and RFI 
wise.   Hopefully the villagers won't kick down his door with torches and 
pitchforks.

73, Steve KW3A
Said his first SSB QSO on 10 was to Georgia.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Deatherage" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 11:54 PM
Subject: Re: Possible Apartment Antenna


> Thanks Eric for the information.  it is good to know there are ways to 
> work
> around potential problems.
> Bill Deatherage
>