agreed
I've talked to some guys who have put up verticals in their back 40 and
discuised them as trees.
I remember one guy who ground mounted a screw driver type antenna on a hill
behind his building, made it look like one of the trees, ran out ground
radials, sunk the coax in a inch or two to keep it out of the way, and ran
1500 watts all the time without any problems.
No one had a clue it was there...
it might help to get a sighted ham over to scout out a place to string a
wire where it would be hard to see.
It might be allot easier than you think.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 12:52 PM
Subject: Re: apartment dwelling antennas
> It's hard to use the 160 band on any urban setting without making a
> significantly compromised antenna just because of the long wavelength.
> It's
> not a huge loss unless you really enjoy 160, and then really only in the
> non-summer seasons when there's less QRN.
>
> And, Eden, since you have woods back of your apartment, I'll bet you could
> throw up a thin wire that nobody would see. I know hams that have done
> that
> when they were in antenna-restricted areas.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Eden Kizer
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 12:35 PM
> Subject: Re: apartment dwelling antennas
>
>
> YOu are lucky, but I guess that means I won't be able to use the
> 160 meter band as you said it went from 80 down. No way my apt would
> ever let me do that. what you did, I mean.
>
> Eden
>
> On 7/17/2012 11:27 AM, Jim Gammon wrote:
>> The Alpha 1 and Mp-1 are supposed to work on 80 to 6 meters. The
>> philosophy or approach for each is different. The interesting
>> thing about the Alpha is that the matchbox is supposed to do all
>> the work other then your tuner, so you don't have to go out and
>> physically change the antenna length when you change bands. But
>> I think you lose some efficiency as a result of that. So there's
>> no getting around the fact that small antennas are just going to
>> be compromises no matter how you cut it. I am really lucky here.
>> Also living in an apartment, I asked the landlord if I could put
>> up a Shortwave antenna and he said sure, long as it doesn't mess
>> up the visual quality of the building. I have a Windom that uses
>> a couple of 5 foot PVC pipes to support the wire about 4 to 5
>> feet above the roof. The feed point is on a pole with a vertical
>> for 2 and 70 centimeters that is attached to a clothes line pole
>> down between two apartment buildings if that makes any sense.
>> Jim
>>
>>
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