Remember an outdoor television antenna is protected by FCC regulations
that supersede any CC&Rs. An HF antenna can be easily hidden within
the confines of the mast, grounding, cabling, guying, etc. Create
makes a Log Periodic to work the VHF and UHF bands that falls in-line
with the TV antenna regs. if you need something for TX/RX on 6 meters
and up.
Paul K4BWG
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Richards <jruing@ameritech.net> wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> 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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