[ARC5] Antenna for small yard

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 23 Oct 2016 at 8:12, AKLDGUY . wrote:

> It does not need to be a good HF antenna. I'm only interested in putting a signal into a WebSDR 
> receiver that is at the Musick Point radio clubrooms, about 2 miles across the harbour 
from me.

Oh, yes. I had forgotten. You said that once. I apologize.

If that is the case, I would then simply tack up a "T" antenna in the room as high as I could 
get it, then connect it to your rig. You can then adjust the length of the "flat-top" until you get 
the antenna current you want to. Make it for 40, then clip-lead added wire for 80. Or leave it 
alone.

Since those antennas worked against the aircraft fuselage ground, you will have to make 
one. Run another wire around the baseboard in the room to use as a counterpoise. I'd make 
that one as "long" as possible, but it would not have to be in a straight line. I'd run it around 
the room. A square or rectangle. Zig-zag it back and forth under the rug. It doesn't matter. 
You just want a "mass" of metal for the antenna to work against. You could even use 
aluminum foil under the rug, but it would have to be in metallic contact with the TX ground 
and it is messy.

Again, here, #36 black enameled wire would work very well.

Thumb-tacks work very well to secure the wire for this sort of thing.


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