Station ground isn't that critical, it's only for RF and I know many who 
don't run one and despite what some will tell you, the ground on the radio 
is not for lightning, if lightning gets that far, you already lost the radio 
and other things including your life if you're sitting right there. 
Lightning ground needs to be done outside, RF ground is nice but really only 
needed with certain types of antennas and certain situations. I know many 
myself included who run or have run serious power with no trouble with no RF 
ground. As far as getting coax in, where are you in the building? first 
floor, second floor? if first floor, any chance at going in to the basement 
somehow and coming through the floor? Maybe take one of the windows you 
mentioned leave it open or take it out and put a feed through panel there. 
You couldn't use the window but it wouldn't pinch anything if you basically 
replace the window with a peace of lexan or something with feed through 
connectors on it. I have something like that done here and it works well as 
long as it's sealed up well. In fact when the kids are older and don't need 
24/7 supervision, I'm moving my station to the sun room, building an office 
out there and that's the plan, remove a window and fill it in with lexan 
with the UHF and N bulkhead connectors as needed. I have that done now in 
the corner of the living room but didn't take the window completely out and 
I can put it back as was without a anyone ever knowing if needed though I 
own the place so it doesn't matter.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Fowle" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2015 12:44 AM
Subject: making antennas walk through walls!


> Hi all,
> Still fussing about getting coax/ground out of this old house. I don't 
> want
> to drill through the 8 inch thick lathe and plaster plus redwood siding to
> get coax outside.
>
> All the near-by windows are of the "door like" hinged type which fit 
> tightly
> into frames. Even if I left a gap for rg174 or the like, it'd have to take 
> a
> very sharp 90 degree bend.
>
> I've seen about all the various feed through panels etc. and none of them
> seem to suit.
>
> there seems to be 75 ohm flat coax, but not 52 ohm.
>
> Any ideas I havn't mentioned?
>
> Maybe I'm not desperate enough yet <GRIN>
> tnx&73
> tom fowle WA6IVG