[Heathkit] Antenna book query

Ken Kaplan krkaplan at cox.net
Sun Aug 15 21:19:43 EDT 2010


It looks like ARRL has about 39 publications in the antenna category 
(some are Smith charts). Anyone here have a suggestion about which one 
to get? I can't afford them all <g>. I live in a CCR neighborhood. If it 
can be seen from the street, I'm in trouble. I have a 2 story home so I 
can do a little bit of hiding. I'd like to try to get on 80, 40, 20. No 
beams, quads or long dipoles will fit. I suppose I could hid a bedspring 
somewhere <g>. Short of moving to more reasonable neighborhood, I've 
heard that some have had a bit of success with things they have been 
able to hid in an attic. I have one of those going to waste right now. 
Any of the ARRL books cover this kind of challenge? I'm not looking for 
EME and I'm not into contests - just fun contacts wherever I can make 
them with my SB-102.

Thanks,
Ken


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