[ARC5] Balanced antenna coupling...

[Bill Cromwell]

Hi,

In spite of all the things that can happen to antennas to decrease their 
stellar performance they still seem to work better than no antenna at 
all and really do work quite well. Hams have been using attic antennas 
for years - probably since the beginning of radio. The thing is that NO 
antennas live in a vacuum like a theoretical, isotropic antenna does. If 
we remove Wayne's roof then the next thing the antenna will struggle 
with is (palm) trees and passing birds.

Hey Wayne... go for it. You just can't have too many antennas.

73,

Bill  KU8H



On 12/28/2014 03:21 AM, Brian wrote:
> Hello Don,
> When road muck gets trapped in snow, you have a mildly conductive 
> ground plane (connected to Earth via your downpipes) not too far from 
> the antenna. If you have a high VSWR, there is a possibility of arcing 
> between the high Voltage points and the unintended ground-plane. Also, 
> you won't get much radiation - in or out - through that pesky 
> ground-plane.
> 73 de Brian, VK2GCE.
>
> On Sunday, December 28, 2014 6:49 PM , Don said:
>
> But it's "in the attic" so snow shouldn't be too big of a problem?
>
> dd