i am surprised that he gets away wity 10   10 tears everything up

John Miller wrote:

>there's always a way. I know a guy running a ham stick dipole inside his 
>apartment on 10 meters, I'm not sure I'd do it on that band, but if it's 
>doable there it is on most bands. There's always the wire option, you can 
>always experiment. Maybe use a low pass filter right off to prevent RFI if 
>there would be any, but you can do it, there's always a way. I used to do 
>all kinds of crazy antenna setups on vacations and stuff where I wasn't sure 
>about antenna restrictions or anything, I just wanted to be low profile. 
>Last year with my Carolina bug catcher on the tripod, that was a little 
>noticeable considering it took up 3/4 of the front yard because the yard was 
>so small, but everyone thought it was a bug zapper believe it or not. I know 
>people that run the outbacker and tripod setups on balconies outside 
>apartments, it's really a case of how far you're willing to do, how much 
>they'll let you do or how much you want to push it. If I couldn't get on HF, 
>I'd get out of radio completely but also, I'd never move anywhere I couldn't 
>put up at least something for HF. I do a little UHF and VHF, but if I 
>couldn't get on HF and had no choice at all, no hiding antennas or anything, 
>that UHF and VHF stuff would be gone too, that alone would never hold my 
>interest
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "matt v" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 9:23 PM
>Subject: cheap easy apartment setup
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>>hi all,
>>I think the subject says what I am looking for.  I have done 2 meters =
>>and around here thats um..nothing to write about, but i was wanting to =
>>know what I could get on for bands without any really extravagant setups =
>>that the managers might be pissed off with?I'm maybe chicken but I was =
>>thinking going as far as the ledge on the balcony(railing is wooden) but =
>>the problem with stringing a wire to trees would be its basically a play =
>>area too with a pool and stuff so, u know, i dont want to have anyone =
>>get more than their sceenery hurt.  any ideas?could i do hf at all?
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