[Elecraft] Stealth! (was: net report...)

[Jim Brown]

On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 09:00:46 -0800, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:

>A doublet in the attic space under the roof. It's possible to get a
>full-size 40 meter dipole in there with a couple of bends in most attics
>over a 1000 sq. ft. condo or apartment. But if you use open wire feeder
>(stealth open wire described below) and an ATU you don't care about exact
>lengths.  

I agree that an indoor dipole is a also a great way to start. When I
got back on the air last summer after a couple of decades absence, my
first antenna was a dipole that started inside the peak of the roof at
the front  of he house, ran through the house and out a window to my
garage. It worked quite well. 
r
The virtues of open wire feeders are vastly over-rated. 1/4" coax,
whether RG8X or RG59, has a lot less loss than is generally believed
unless the VSWR is extremely high. Look at the data and see the curves
in the ARRL Antenna Book for loss with VSWR as compared with matched
loss. 

Jim Brown K9YC