[Antennas] Multiband antennas

[KA8VIT]

Why not just use a high-speed drill / drill-bit made for
drilling glass ?    A dremel tool will work.

A B-B gun   ??? !!!!     Not good advise.

Good luck !

72/73,

Bill  KA8VIT


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On 9/23/2004 at 11:02 AM Mike Gilchrist wrote:

>I'm not sure if this has been mentioned before, but there is a good way
>to 
>pass 600 ohm line through a house without much of an impedance hump.
>
>First, a word of warning.  CAUTION!  If you follow this procedure, I will 
>not be responsible for any damage to your house or injury to you or 
>innocent bystanders.
>
>This pass through assumes there is a window in the room.  A children's BB 
>gun, held against the glass will "USUALLY" just plink a small hole in the 
>glass.  A pair of side-by-side holes will accommodate a banana plug 
>arrangement.  You put the posts through the holes, with rubber washers,
>and 
>snug them down.  I then solder the 600 ohm ends to male banana plugs.
>
>This has another advantage.  I put a drip loop outside the window.  When 
>the storms come, the wind whips the cable and the banana plugs come out of

>the jacks, essentially disconnecting the antenna system from the shack.
>
>I have done this 4 times now with no broken windows.
>
>YMMV
>
>73, Mike kf4fdj
>

Bill Chaikin, KA8VIT
USS COD Amateur Radio Club - W8COD
WW2 Submarine USS COD SS-224

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