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It's hard to use the 160 band on any urban setting without making a
significantly compromised antenna just because of the long wavelength. It's
not a huge loss unless you really enjoy 160, and then really only in the
non-summer seasons when there's less QRN.
And, Eden, since you have woods back of your apartment, I'll bet you could
throw up a thin wire that nobody would see. I know hams that have done that
when they were in antenna-restricted areas.
----- Original Message -----
From: Eden Kizer
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Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: apartment dwelling antennas
YOu are lucky, but I guess that means I won't be able to use the
160 meter band as you said it went from 80 down. No way my apt would
ever let me do that. what you did, I mean.
Eden
On 7/17/2012 11:27 AM, Jim Gammon wrote:
> 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
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