[Elecraft] Compromise/Limited Space/Make My Day Antenna Advice

[Jeff Imel]

Thom,

You could purchase a 20 to 30 foot fiberglass, telescoping fishing pole and 
mount it on your second floor deck so that it slopes at a 45 degree angle or 
so.  You can run a wire up the pole to the tip and allow enough wire to hang 
off of the tip so that it can not be touched by someone on the ground.  You 
can run a single counterpoise from your secod floor deck down to the ground.


I operate like this when on vacation at a beach house and at Field Day.  I 
duct tape a 2" ID x 2 foot long PVC pipe to the deck at 45 degrees and then 
slide the pole into the PVC pipe.  When I am done operating, I retract the 
pole and reel in the line.

Let us know what you decide to do and how it turns out for you.  Many of us 
could benefit from hearing more about the antenna(s) you build and try.

73

Jeff
K9ESE

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thom R LaCosta" <lacosta at bcpl.net>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 5:48 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Compromise/Limited Space/Make My Day Antenna Advice


>I could use a suggestion or two....I live in a very congested area....my 
>house is 11 foot wide and 25 feet long...with a yard that is 10 feel 
>deep....I have a
> 10 by 10 deck on the second floor.
>
> I used to have an endfed wire that ran across the street to a phone 
> pole...but new houses cut that off.
>
> There is a vent pipe on the back of the house that sticks up about 5 feet 
> above the roof.
>
> So...I could try a loop on my roof(10 x 25 x 10 x 25), go over my 
> neighbor's roof(20 x 25 x 20 x 25) use the other neighbor's roof (30 x 25 
> x 30 x24), or
> try to attach a light weight mast to the vent pole and go "up".
>
> QRN is very bad here.  Any and all hints would be appreciated.
>
> Rig is the K2 with the autotuner.
>
> 73,Thom-k3hrn
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