[Heathkit] Off topic "stealth" antennas

[Gary Pewitt]

I have had good results with the Isotron antennas.  I have 5 of them set up 
in my second floor condo.  I have the 80m and 40m on one tripod mount and 
the 20m, 15m, and 10m on another.  I set them up with my MFJ-259B analyzer 
and have nothing over 1.8 to one on any of them.  On 20m I have 1.1 to 1 
swr.  After initial adjustments I ran the 259 through my MFJ-949C and noted 
the settings which gave the lowest swr for each band.  For 20m it's coax # 
1 and the settings are 6B 3.5 which gives me 1.1 to 1.
I first used them indoors with good results, worked Alaska, Europe, and 
South America.  Later I moved them out on the balcony and hung some bird 
feeders on them in case someone asked what they were.  No one ever did.  By 
good results I mean I didn't break any pileups but I did make QSO's.  I had 
looked into screwdriver antennas and other mobile type antennas but they 
all required a good ground plane where the Isotron is a balanced antenna 
which will work anywhere without one.
Now that I'm moving to Arkansas and will have 29 acres with no covenants or 
restrictions I will be putting up a -big- horizontal loop for 160m and 
80m.  Best of luck, hope you find a good solution to your problem.  My best 
solution was to move. 8^)
73  Gary  N9ZSV in Milwaukee




At 02:58 PM 1/21/03 -0500, Michael Farrar wrote:

>I'm moving to a condo apartment and am searching for a "stealth" 
>antenna.  I'm looking at the MFJ-1622 and B&W  AP-10A.  Does anyone have 
>any experience with these or others or have any suggestions?
>
>Thanks   Mike  VE3WMF
>
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Gary Pewitt  N9ZSV  gpewitt@execpc.com
6120 W. Calumet Rd. Apt 204
Milwaukee, WI  53223-4132
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