Hi Bill,
It is possible that even windows are shielding if the glass is tinted. (No
balcony or openable windows?)
Sounds like only way would be to get to the roof, if you can manage to get
(bribe) permission.
Then maybe you could run some coax through the vent system.
Other option is to move to less prestigious appartment with possibility of
having tower on the roof, we have some buildings in 2nd Ave and 9 St. area.
73 Yuri, K3BU.us
N2EE - NT1E www.TeslaRadio.org only 1.2 hours from NYC
----- Original Message -----
From: William Hein
Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 3:37 pm
Subject: [TowerTalk] apartment living
To: towertalk@contesting.com
> I have a nice contest station in VT (Scott W4PA piloted the
> station to #1 SO in the US a few years ago in the CQ WW contest)
> but I now spend most of my time living and working in NYC
> (apartment in Long Island City, Queens, to be precise).
>
> My apartment is on the 30th floor of a building on the east bank
> of the East River (directly across the river from the UN in
> Manhattan) with floor-to-ceiling windows to the south and west
> with wide-open views. I figured I could have some fun operating
> QRP from the apartment when not back in VT as the view is
> spectular and I thought, wrongly, good for some fun on the
> radio. Unfortunately short wave operation seems impossible with
> indoor antennas here, even when an antenna is pressed to the
> glass. All SW bands completely dead all the time. I can pick
> up VHF signals OK.
>
> Am I living in a big Farady Cage? Any suggestions? Hanging
> antennas out the window not a viable option. The building is a
> modern concrete and rebar box with a lot of glass. I am on the
> next-to-the-top floor.
>
> I am working on remoting my VT station but I have latency issues
> with the satellite Internet link on the VT side.
>
> 73,
> Bill NT1Y/2
>
> PS: Apologies if this is off-topic for TowerTalk. Maybe think
> of my apartment building as a big tower?
>
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