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I meant if you have a filing cabinet, don't spend money on it. You may well
have what you are going to have, as long as it's near a window and works
you're probably as good as you'll get.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Minor" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2014 9:24 PM
Subject: Re: Looking for a 2 meter/440 antenna that works in an apartment.
> Hi.
>
> I have it on a metal tripod. The reason I thought about using the tripod
> is
> the legs go out at around a 60 degree angle, maybe farther out, and if I
> remember, a ground plane has its ground elements down at around 45
> degrees.
> This setup may not be ideal, but as I said it works. I could try a file
> cabinet, but I don't know if I have enough room, plus it's money that I
> currently don't have. Currently, I'm getting an SWR of around 1.5 to 1 or
> so, so I'm happy with the antenna's performance. If it's the best I can
> do,
> that's fine.
>
> Thanks for the info.
>
> Kevin
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