[K3CAL] Dipole

[Wa4prr]

Go for it!  Any antenna works better in the air than sitting on the ground.  See you at the meeting tonight.  73,

Ron Byzet / WA4PRR - Sent from my iPad

On Jul 11, 2013, at 10:57 AM, David Olenjack <dolenjack at gmail.com> wrote:

> So David Weaver (W3PQS) loaned me a really nice starter setup, including a 10 meter dipole.  With the power supply that Bob (N3PPH) is loaning me tonight at the meeting, I can be on 10 meters tonight!
> 
> Needless to say, I'm excited out of my mind right now.  But, I have to get that dipole up before the meeting so that I can come home, plug in, and start calling cq.  I don't have a lot of trees near my house, just two.  And the sizes of the trees and their proximity don't really make them ideal to stretch a dipole between them.  However, the tree closest to my house is about 18 feet away, which is about perfect.
> 
> The reason for the email is to tell you all my plan and get the feedback of your experience.  My plan is to screw in a heavy duty eye bolt into the corner of my house outside my upstairs bathroom window.  Then I can secure one side of the dipole to the hook using the rope that's a already attached to it.  Then downstairs I'll secure the rope on the other end of the dipole to some fishing line attached to a tennis ball and chuck that bad boy over the branch that's pretty much level with the bathroom window and pull the dipole taut.
> 
> I know the 20 ish feet of height on this antenna is not ideal but unfortunately it's about the best I can do right now.  The directions for radiation will be NW/SW so with 100 watts ssb I should be able to hit Michigan and Canada and maybe even get Florida.
> 
> What do you guys think?  Any "oh my god, don't do that" thoughts?
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