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ok eric, well you should be able to make the antenna work in the
environment its in. thats where rob and i could help you. i bet we
could get you on the air, with a decent swr. i thought that was the
problem, well with a working ant you can get out with a qrp
setup. especially on the higher freq. are you on the top floor or
you on the grouned? take care, c u mike
At 05:27 AM 6/13/2012, you wrote:
>HI Mike
>Rob is an amazing guy.
>
>I think I enjoy qrp because I like CW and frankly in one of the garden
>apartments in the Capitol Towers I don't want to run high power so as not to
>interfere with my neighbors.
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>I persist and I'm sure I'll make an HF contact eventually.
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>I also own a Kenwood TS480s which can run 100 watts or lower power levels.
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>I have tried two of the shortened high-power dipoles for 20 meters on my
>balcony but again they are virtually worthless.
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>The Kenwood keeps giving me high swr readings on those antennas. Probably
>they are too close to objects.
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>I don't want to be restricted to just 2 meters.
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>Have a great rest of the week.
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>73,
>
>Eric
>KU3I
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