John;

How does this silver product work?

73 de Anthony w2ajv



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On Feb 9, 2011, at 9:21 AM, John Miller <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I didn't bother with a ground. really if you want one, the only thing you 
> can do is counter poises but if you're running a dipole, you should be able 
> to get away with nothing generally, I know plenty who do it myself included. 
> As for getting the feed line in, I have one of the quick silver products 
> window feed through panels and everything runs through a window, when I move 
> out of here, there won't be any sign it was ever here. I'm even thinking 
> when I finally have the money to buy a house of my own, I'll probably use 
> some variation of this panel there though more permanently installed. That's 
> how I do it though, I have the one with 4 connectors on it, I swapped one 
> out of an N connector for 900 MHz and for now have 3 antennas going through 
> it, if I can get another up down the road I will but for now, this setup 
> works fine and I'm on pretty well everywhere from 75=900 MHz.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michael Ryan" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 9:13 AM
> Subject: Grounding a station in an apartment
> 
> 
>> Hi all:=20
>> 
>> I was just wondering: how do you ground a ham station thats setup in an =
>> apartment on a 2ND or higher floor?=20
>> Obviously, the Land Lord or the building owners wouldn't appreciate the =
>> Ham Tenant drilling holes in the wall to thread long leads of ground =
>> wire. Plus, you have to go short as possible to a good Earth ground. =
>> They might permit an antenna feedline, after all, communication lines =
>> have to enter the unit,=20
>> so they may permit you to pass your feed line through the same access =
>> point.  I'm thinking of in terms, should my Wife and I move into a house =
>> come fall and I'd like to, of course, set up my station but I wouldn't =
>> want to go ripping up the house! LOL=20
>> Would almost have to be professionally installed. LOL=20
>> 
>> 73:=20
>> 
>> Michael DE VO1RYN=20