Hi Jim,

Just curious, how did you mount the 5 foot lengths of PVC to the building 
and where did you mount them?

73

Howard #3

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Gammon" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: apartment dwelling antennas


> The Alpha 1 and Mp-1 are supposed to work on 80 to 6 meters.  The
> philosophy or approach for each is different.  The interesting
> thing about the Alpha is that the matchbox is supposed to do all
> the work other then your tuner, so you don't have to go out and
> physically change the antenna length when you change bands.  But
> I think you lose some efficiency as a result of that.  So there's
> no getting around the fact that small antennas are just going to
> be compromises no matter how you cut it.  I am really lucky here.
> Also living in an apartment, I asked the landlord if I could put
> up a Shortwave antenna and he said sure, long as it doesn't mess
> up the visual quality of the building.  I have a Windom that uses
> a couple of 5 foot PVC pipes to support the wire about 4 to 5
> feet above the roof.  The feed point is on a pole with a vertical
> for 2 and 70 centimeters that is attached to a clothes line pole
> down between two apartment buildings if that makes any sense.
> Jim