On 7/9/2013 12:57 AM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP wrote:
Example: My current QTH. The landlord permitted me ONE single antenna. It
must be as inconspicuous as possible. Normally under these limitations, I
would run an openwire fed antenna. Running openwire through the air at this
QTH is absolutely out of the question. Yet I want to run contests on 6
bands.
Yes, that's the unfortunate situation that many hams are stuck with, and
so was I for 30 years until I bought that house in Chicago. At a rental
apartment, I had a Butternut vertical at the edge of a roof, and very
low visibility wire dipoles strong across the roof and from the roof to
a telephone/power pole in the alley (that the telco lineman would remove
when he saw it).
With this antenna, I scored over 1 million points in CQWW CW last year.
What other invisible antenna enables you to do that?
You were only able to do that because you are in EU. It is 20 times more
difficult to do that from W6, and even more so from places like VK/ZL.
It's horses for courses.
Of course -- that's the approach ALL of us should be taking for
antennas. I often help local hams figure out how to make the best use
of their small lots for antennas. N6NUL and W6SX are two guys who have
done a LOT with not much space. N6NUL has a town house near the Santa
Cruz harbor, with a TINY yard.
We live on a mountain side with a 40 degree incline. TERRIBLE for a ham.
You should see NI6T's QTH, about 20 miles from me. He's at the bottom of
a VERY deep canyon, with the mountainside rising at least 800 ft above
him on both sides. His antennas are up 60-80 ft, but are more than 300
ft below the major highway that weaves its way around the rim of the
canyon. And like me, he's surrounded by giant redwoods, and uses them to
support his antennas. Garry is on the DXCC Honor Roll. Like you, his XYL
chose the house, and although he has been a ham since his Junior High
School days, he was not active when they moved there about 30 years ago. :)
73, Jim K9YC
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