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John Miller <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 3 Oct 2010 14:31:25 -0400
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What about one of the window feed through panels for coax? That's what I do 
here. Any chance at a dipole or wire from that pole you mention with the 
ends tied off to the shorter poles? Not even a fence post or nothing over 
there? I made sure there were trees for that everywhere I looked for a place 
when I moved.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Brennan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 12:06 PM
Subject: restrictive antenna conditions


> Ok, folks, thought I'd throw this question out.  Need to get antenna
> suggestions.  I've been living in a house and running a G5RV but have had 
> to
> move to an apartment.
>
> Ok, I cannot attach anything to the building structure, I have no trees, 
> and I
> have one pole that I can use that is 14ft tall.  I have a couple clothes 
> line
> poles that are roughly six feet tall and that's about it.  I could run 
> some sort
> of wire but I've nothing to attach the ends to.  Since I can't use the 
> roof or
> any part of the building there's no help there.  It is a one story 
> building
> which helps but that 14ft pole is really about what I've got.  If 
> something
> wasn't too heavy I think I could extend the thing to 20ft or so.  Its a 3 
> inch
> pole and its concreted into the ground.  Its heavy steel so its not going
> anywhere.
>
> Oh, they're pretty iffie about my running any kind of wires to hold a pole 
> in
> place.
>
> I've got a ts-2000 so have 160m-70cm.  I'm thinking to get a duplexer and 
> run a
> j-pole for 2m and 70cm so am really looking for 6m and down.
>
> The building itself is stone so I have to drill holes between stones from 
> the
> outside through whatever it is that's holding the things together.  I've 
> got an
> ok for that but that means no breakout box or any suh: just running one or 
> two
> cables through the wall.  I'll also be able to run one or two 8ft ground 
> rods
> near my window.  The pole is about 5ft outside the window so cable length 
> won't
> be a problem.
>
> Tom
>
>
> Tom Brennan  KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
> web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html 

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