A loop around the parameter may be a good compromise?


David W Wood

Ham call - G3YXX
FOC # - 1685
Licensed - 1969
 

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Miller
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 11:40 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: antenna topics

I'm in a mobile home park now and so far find as long as I go with 
verticals, it's fitting alright. I may have to make one look like a flag 
pole, but so far the dual bander is attached to the side of the front porch 
on about 15 feet of mast, and if you look quick it looks like a support for 
the onning that goes up a little too high. 900 MHz is in a corner in back, 
again you can't see it unless you look for it and the people with the best 
view are never home anyway. The HF vertical will go up when the ground thaws 
again and will be ground mounted though for now I have a temporary setup on 
the aluminum steps to the back porch, ham sticks is all that will be 
basically and maybe my Carolina bug catcher, I haven't run the coax yet 
around to my feed through panel but I'm getting there. It was run until I 
changed everything around, it won't be great but should work reasonably 
well. So far, visibility isn't too bad, and my lot is probably less than 
that 35x120 you mentioned since I'm in a mobile home park. If it is that 
big, just barely, figure either side of me I have a road on one side and I'm 
maybe 8 feet off it, and the other side, I don't know where the property 
line is but I know there's not more than 15 feet between us and the neighbor 
who's never home, behind us is where there's room but how much I'm not sure, 
my lot might be 120 feet long all totaled, width, property line to road, 
maybe 35 feet. I wish there were trees for a wire but nope, vertical will be 
alright though, maybe a small wire along my roof or something when I have 
time to make one.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Fiorello" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 4:46 PM
Subject: antenna topics


> Hi;
> Just to investigate a new thread it might be interesting to know who
> managed a usable hf antenna system on the smallest yard?  I definitely
> have to make some changes come spring or put things on the market so
> might get some good ideas from this thought.  My first home was on a lot
> that was 35 by 120.  The good news was that things were set up so that a
> tripod at the front of the house and a tripod on the garage worked
> nicely for the dxdd.  We won't talk about the woman who threatened legal
> action because of t v i.
> -- 
> richard 


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