This house used to have steam heat before it was completely renovated before
we moved in, in fact my fiance and I were the first people officially to
live in this building in 10 years when we moved in. If there is any
interference, I haven't heard any reports of it yet in over a year of living
here and my hf antenna is only a few inches off the roof. The dual bander I
use for voice is way up in a tree it shouldn't bother anything but I don't
do much vhf anyway and uhf is useless in this area, the packet antenna is on
the AC bracket and does what I want it to do. I don't run a lot of power
through that one, just 25 watts but the others when I use them I run close
to 100 Watts. I have 900 MHz beam around here too so it works out well so
far. I'll like getting my own house where I can put the cobra ultralite back
up and get it away from the building but I haven't had any problems so far.
I run LMR-400 for feed line though making sure the coax is good, so I really
took precautions not to run any coax that's questionable or anything. no RF
ground because I'm on the second floor but that's over rated anyway I find
as long as you are careful about the antennas.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 11:58 PM
Subject: Re: back on the list again
> Nice set up. My antenna is on a heat register. We have steam heat in my
> buil=
> ding with older registers. It gets there nicely. I am up stairs also and
> tha=
> t helps. Have you had issues in your building with interference? I haven't
> h=
> ad any to date in either house.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 2, 2011, at 11:10 PM, John Miller <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> I have window air conditioners with the support arms under them, and
>> the=20=
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>> support arms stick out enough I mounted antennas on them for uhf and vhf.
>> H=
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>> wire is somewhat low profile over the roof of the building, and my
>> landlor=
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>> said yes when I asked about it before moving in. I'd very gladly have
>> give=
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>> up the uhf and vhf stuff if he let me put up my g5rv, but I'd never
>> have=20=
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>> moved in if I couldn't put up any antennas. I'm glad he let me put up=20
>> whatever I want as long as it wasn't going to be in anyone's way.
>> ----- Original Message -----=20
>> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 11:00 PM
>> Subject: Re: back on the list again
>>=20
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>>> Hi Bill and welcome back. I also live in an apartment and have the
>>> same=20=
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>>> type=3D
>>> s of restrictions. The best I can do is bring my mag mount antenna
>>> out=20=
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>>> side o=3D
>>> n the second floor porch I have. Not sure about things for the
>>> computer,=20=
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>>> but=3D
>>> I am looking in to some programs for the I phone that can do echo Lake.
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>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>=20
>>> On Aug 2, 2011, at 10:43 PM, bill Deatherage <[log in to unmask]>
>>> wrote:=
>
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>>>> Hello, my name is Bill Deatherage and my call sign is wb4ykl. I got
>>>> my=20=
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>>>> =3D3D=3D
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>>>> tech license back in the mid 1970=3D3DE2=3D3D80=3D3D99s. I upgraded to
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>>>> i=3D
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>>>> the 190=3D3DE2=3D3D80=3D3D99s. I have been inactive for a while. I was
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> alking=20
>>>> t=3D
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>>>> some friends about echo link and internet linked ham radio. Since I
>>>> =3D=
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>>>> live in an apartment and am restricted on what type antennas I can
>>>> use=20=
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>>>> =3D3D=3D
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>>>> this seems like a very good idea. I found a book on Book share
>>>> about=20=
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>>>> =3D3D=3D
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>>>> using echo link and internet linked radio. I was wondering if
>>>> anyone=20=
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>>>> =3D3D=3D
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>>>> on the list can give me some suggestions on what I need to do to get
>>>> =3D=
> 3D
>>>> started. Is this something that will work well with speech.? I am
>>>> using=
> =20
>>>> =3D3D=3D
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>>>> jaws on my computer. When I had a station in the past I liked
>>>> working=20=
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>>>> =3D3D=3D
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>>>> 40 meters. and 10 meters when the band was open. I had some fun
>>>> back=20=
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>>>> =3D3D=3D
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>>>> then. well, I look forward to being on the list. I also like to
>>>> hear=20=
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>>>> =3D3D=3D
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>>>> about other peoples operating experiences and DX opportunities.
>>>> Bill Deatherage wb4 y k l =3D20=20
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