Hi Listers.
I know this subject has probably been beaten to death over the yerars
but here goes.
I am going to sneak an antenna on the roof of my apartment building.
Although I could put up a full size 80 meter loop, I am afraid of being
able to keep it up since it would be installed on pvc pipe attached to
several vent pipes along the way.
The wire itself can get heavy and once snow comes that gets much worse
so have decided to keep it simple and put up something like a g5rv or
a carolina windom.
I believe there is also some kind of g5rv copy made by alpha delta and
some say its a better antenna.
I don't know.
My concerns about the carolina windom are that the feedline radiates.
I believe this is also true of the other antennas I mentioned but maybe
to a lesser degree.
I really don't want to much radiation from the feedline so as to reduce
the possibility of interferring wit other peoples equipment in the building.
My primary bands of interest are 40 and 75 but I would like an antenna
that performs well on as many bands as possible grin!
I know the g5rv is usually very bad on 10 meters and I would like to be
able to use that band at least once in a while but 75 and 40 are the
bands I give the highest priority to.
Any suggestions welcomed.
w a 2 i w c
Don