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What about one of the window feed through panels for coax? That's what I do
here. Any chance at a dipole or wire from that pole you mention with the
ends tied off to the shorter poles? Not even a fence post or nothing over
there? I made sure there were trees for that everywhere I looked for a place
when I moved.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Brennan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 12:06 PM
Subject: restrictive antenna conditions
> Ok, folks, thought I'd throw this question out. Need to get antenna
> suggestions. I've been living in a house and running a G5RV but have had
> to
> move to an apartment.
>
> Ok, I cannot attach anything to the building structure, I have no trees,
> and I
> have one pole that I can use that is 14ft tall. I have a couple clothes
> line
> poles that are roughly six feet tall and that's about it. I could run
> some sort
> of wire but I've nothing to attach the ends to. Since I can't use the
> roof or
> any part of the building there's no help there. It is a one story
> building
> which helps but that 14ft pole is really about what I've got. If
> something
> wasn't too heavy I think I could extend the thing to 20ft or so. Its a 3
> inch
> pole and its concreted into the ground. Its heavy steel so its not going
> anywhere.
>
> Oh, they're pretty iffie about my running any kind of wires to hold a pole
> in
> place.
>
> I've got a ts-2000 so have 160m-70cm. I'm thinking to get a duplexer and
> run a
> j-pole for 2m and 70cm so am really looking for 6m and down.
>
> The building itself is stone so I have to drill holes between stones from
> the
> outside through whatever it is that's holding the things together. I've
> got an
> ok for that but that means no breakout box or any suh: just running one or
> two
> cables through the wall. I'll also be able to run one or two 8ft ground
> rods
> near my window. The pole is about 5ft outside the window so cable length
> won't
> be a problem.
>
> Tom
>
>
> Tom Brennan KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
> web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html
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