Another thing with the chimney though,  if you have a gas or oil burning
furnace for heat, or hot water or both,  the exhaust form that comes up the
chimney too 9 times out of 10 and the remainance of that can coat the
antenna a little too just a note, that's what I've heard anyway, I've never
done it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Humbert" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 12:50 PM
Subject: Re: accessible VHF equipment


> good information! thanks.  I have a tile roof and ain't no one gonna walk
> around on it putting up a tripod.  The roof will last forever if the tiles
> aren't broken and there is no reason for them ever being broken.
>
> How about the Kenwood 2,000?  I thought that it took a separate 12 volt
> power supply.  Yes, I heard that it is 100 watts but since that seems to
> be
> the top of the line, I just assumed that there were 50 watt rigs about the
> same.  100 watts is just fine.  Since you must have at least 50 watts  to
> drive an amplifier I thought that 50 would be about right.  Is it true
> that
> 100 wa transmitters blow out most of the antenna tuners or is that just
> another myth that I picked up.  When ever possible, all of our power lines
> are under ground around here and so they never present a problem.  As you
> can imagine codes around here are pretty strict because of the danger of
> severe earth quakes.  It's not a question of if, it's a question of when
> will the big one hit.