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Tom Fowle <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 12 Nov 2015 10:49:16 -0800
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Jim,
I think I'd be too close to the glass, and it's old "wavy" glass which would
be a shame to bust.

Funny, how much we care about not messing up this old house 

Tom WA6IVG

On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 10:09:14PM -0800, Jim Gammon wrote:
> Tom, still requires a drill, but could you carefully drill 
> through the window frame, or would they not lend themselves to 
> that because they are too close to the window glass or something 
> else? Jim
> 
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tom Fowle <[log in to unmask]
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date sent: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 21:44:16 -0800
> Subject: making antennas walk through walls!
> 
> Hi all,
> Still fussing about getting coax/ground out of this old house.  I 
> don't want
> to drill through the 8 inch thick lathe and plaster plus redwood 
> siding to
> get coax outside.
> 
> All the near-by windows are of the "door like" hinged type which 
> fit tightly
> into frames.  Even if I left a gap for rg174 or the like, it'd 
> have to take a
> very sharp 90 degree bend.
> 
> I've seen about all the various feed through panels etc.  and 
> none of them
> seem to suit.
> 
> there seems to be 75 ohm flat coax, but not 52 ohm.
> 
> Any ideas I havn't mentioned?
> 
> Maybe I'm not desperate enough yet <GRIN
> tnx&73
> tom fowle WA6IVG

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