Mike,
You could always hide your vertical inside a pvc pipe and here in the U.S.
we would raise a flag on it and call it a flag pole!
Bob, K8LR, [log in to unmask]
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From: "Michael Ryan" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 9:39 PM
Subject: Fwd: Worst Case
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> From: Michael Ryan <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 22 November, 2012 11:06:14 PM NST
> To: Michael Ryan <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Worst Case
>
> Hi All:
>
> Let me extend a happy thanks giving to all in the United States.
> As my antenna research continues, If permitted, I might as well get a
> Hustler 4BTV, mount it on my tripod, keeping it high enough that the base
> of the antenna will clear the railing, how bad would it really be with out
> putting out a field of radials?
> I think it might play better than some of the portables I'm considering.
> The Hy-gains I'm looking at are 18 feet tall while the 4BTV is 21.5. The
> cost is vary similar as well, 220CAN plus a 13% sales tax and about 50 or
> 60 for shipping for the 4BTV and Hy-gains. The properly outfitted
> portables I'm looking at will equal the 4BTV by the time it goes on the
> air. Sure I won't be able to take it down each time but maybe the Land
> Lord won't have a problem with it as long as its not in his way and
> nothing clamped to wooden railings or holes drilled in bedroom walls and
> such.
> I'd mount it on my home brewed tripod and bungy cord the pod to the side
> of the railing inside the stairwell, with the feet resting on the concrete
> floor.
> I think the idea here is to get the best compromised antenna. I like the
> Outreach and tripod setup but would be talking almost 500 bucks Canadian
> by the time I got it. I like the Hustler Mobile resonators option but
> again equaling the 4BTV by the time I got it.
> Then there's the manual band change, swapping of resonators and narrow
> bandwidth. The motorized screwdrivers aren't cheap either and as for the
> Hy-gains, there's the manual band change, facilitated by an alligator
> clipped wire, moving from tap to tap.
> Super Antenna, doesn't look like there's a contact info on the site and
> Vern's email address on QRZ is a dead end. So there we go. Waiting on a
> response from MFJ regarding the Hygains, after all that's who owns and
> produces the product. If don't get an answer, they might be out as well.
> I don't like to deal with a company I can't communicate with unless it
> costs me 20 bucks a phone call.
>
> 73:
>
> Michael DE VO1AX
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