I know of a ham who put up a wood utility pole - heavy duty - and
mounted a big honking halogen light on it. He ran the wire from the
house to the pole over ground... from the peak of the house to the top
of the pole... and turned it on and off a lot when it was new...
but now the lamp is off, and the wire has become his antenna. He is
thinking of adding another pole at the other far corner of the lot and
making a loop ... after he gets everyone used to thinking it is another
light pole.
I really admire his approach.
We are now thinking of have one of the local hams (who works for the
power company) stop by another ham's condo and hook up a wire antenna
from the peak of his condo unit to a utility pole, letting everyone
think it is a power line. Other guys in the condo association have run
random wired from their attics (tuned with Icom auto tuners) out into
the trees behind the condo units. They just shoot the wires at night
and everyone thinks they are utility wires - mostly never noticing them
- they just appear one day and the hams just play quiet about them.
So far so good...
Something like this just might work for other guys.
================================= K8JHR ============================
On 11/30/2010 1:43 PM, Clayton Brantley wrote:
I remember several years ago Al Henderson (SK) K6AJ and I made two 3-500z amps
and Al took one of his verticals to VA.
They were installed and as far as I know, it's still there and working. Al was
the owner of Signature Antenna Systems in San
Diego, CA. His antenna is a beast! Fully sealed in a dry nitrogen atsomphere
and tunable from 2 to 30 mhz remotely.
He sold a bunch of them to the Navy and Air Force. I do have a 3 or 4 page
booklet describing the antenna. Also, the 3-500z
amp was the first "no tune" I knew of. I had one of them working 40 metere from
6.8 to 7.4 mhz!
Happy DXing
Clayton N4EV
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From: "kf6e@mail.com"<kf6e@mail.com>
To: tentec@contesting.com
Sent: Tue, November 30, 2010 11:04:07 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] OT: Indoor Antenna
Thanks. If flagpoles were allowed, I'd have a flagpole antenna. I spent about
a half hour talking with my lawyer last night,
and there are no loopholes in VA law that I could use. The only flags allowed
in our community are the type that attach
to the exterior wall. I have an MFJ apartment antenna that I might be able to
disguise that way.
I'm going to apply for permission to erect a basketball backstop in the back
yard. The screwdriver vertical will just fit inside a six-inch PVC pipe.
73,
Frank
KF6E
-----Original Message-----
From: Clayton Brantley<clayton_n4ev@yahoo.com>
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment<tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Mon, Nov 29, 2010 4:09 pm
Subject: Re: [TenTec] OT: Indoor Antenna
This month's QST has a real good article on a flagpole antenna.
Another article a few years back shows how to put a Hustler 5BTV inside
PVC water pipe.
Might want to look at those. Good luck with the snoops! Hi.
Might run a bluff citing Dept of Homeland Security, etc.
73's Clayton N4EV
________________________________
From: "Rsoifer@aol.com"<Rsoifer@aol.com>
To: tentec@contesting.com
Sent: Mon, November 29, 2010 11:09:35 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] OT: Indoor Antenna
Another possible alternative, depending on your state law, is a flagpole
vertical. Here in Arizona, state law allows homeowners to display the
American flag, military service, POW/MIA, the state and Arizona Indian nation
flags. HOAs may not prohibit flagpoles, but may adopt "reasonable rules and
regulations regarding the placement and manner of display" of flags,
including rules regulating the location and size of flagpoles (ARS 33-1808).
73 Ray W2RS
In a message dated 11/29/2010 3:17:14 P.M. GMT Standard Time, kf6e@mail.com
writes:
Jim,
Sounds like good advice.
I laid out some ground radials in the back yard and installed a mount for
my screwdriver vertical. I put that up after dark some evenings, and can
work 80 and 160. Interestingly, the attic dipoles do better on send and
receive for 40 through 10. The screwdriver vertical does pretty well on 80,
and reasonably well on 6 and 2.
I have been considering an S9-type vertical, which, being longer, should
be more efficient than the screwdriver. I'm fairly sure I'd never get away
with a beam, though. My neighbors complain about just about anything, and
there is even a committee of the HOA that goes around the entire
development every week looking for discrepancies.
Thanks for the encouragement.
73,
Frank
KF6E
-----Original Message-----
From: Jliving39@aol.com
To: tentec@contesting.com
Sent: Mon, Nov 29, 2010 10:00 am
Subject: [TenTec] OT: Indoor Antenna
Frank,
Suggest that you get into the Stealth Mode using the Redneck
Philosophy of Not Asking Permission, but Begging Forgiveness if Caught.
I am
sure
you could rig up some kind of outside antenna. I am in a restricted area
and have a 40meter dipole, a 20, 17, 10 meter fan dipole, and a six meter
beam outside. Keep them low and the associations won't bother you.
However,
do not ask if it is ok. Simply do it.
jim, K4CFA
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