When we moved to our house, I used a 10 foot piece of PVC and put 
my 6, 2, and 70 CM antenna on it using hose clamps.  It worked 
great for the 6 or so months it was up before I was able to put 
it higher on a mast.  Jim WA6EKS

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From: Michael Thurman <[log in to unmask]
To: [log in to unmask]
Date sent: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 18:09:52 -0400
Subject: Re: radio update

honestly there has to be someone who would be more than willing 
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help her get it up.  I have found that there are always hams 
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help.  You can also put one of those antennas on a vent pipe.  it 
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takes a piece of pvc pipe sized to fit the vent, a reducer or 
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to drill some holes in the pac to put the bolts through to mount 
the =
antenna.  Dirt cheap and very light and an immeasurable 
improvement in =
signal and rf exposure
On Mar 21, 2014, at 5:19 PM, richard fiorello 
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wrote:

 Hi;
 If you can possibly put it outside that would get my vote.  
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 diamond and comit are good antennas.  If you could have 
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 put it on the chimney that would probably work.  They're=20
 generally not heavy and the performance will increase if you 
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 get it outside and up a little.  richard
 sent from my braille note
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 ----- Original Message -----
 From: "Linda C.  Knight" <[log in to unmask]
 To: [log in to unmask]
 Date sent: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 22:25:29 -0400
 Subject: Re: radio update
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 Actually, the place is about 1650 square  feet and when I=20
 transmit I plan to
 put the antenna as far away from my implants I can.
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 The antenna will be inside unless I decide to put it outside 
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 times.
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 I think I will have to experiment to figure it out.
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 Hugs and 73
 Linda C.  Knight & shirley
 CallSign: kk4hrg
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