[Premium-Rx] HF Antennas for the city?

[Lebon jph]

hello
i advise you to consider buying a wellbrook ala 1530 loop antenna : i live in a "electrically quiet " island ( Reunion island indian ocean ) but i nevertheless own 2 of them amongst other more classicle wire aerials : i am satisfied with my ala 1530 loops : clean gain ,   ...
J philippe fr1he 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: stephous 
  To: premium-rx at ml.skirrow.org 
  Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 1:28 AM
  Subject: [Premium-Rx] HF Antennas for the city?


  After playing with a number of HF antennas I'm back to where I started, a discone. My lot is 30' x 100'. Traditional HF antennas don't work because the ambient environment is full of noise from power lines, neon signs, fluorescent lights, and wireless networks. The front end gets saturated with noise. Attenuators reduce the noise and the signal until I have performance equal to the discone. One BIG ISSUE, I cannot go more than 5' above the roof line due to local ordinances.

  What I have tried that does not work:
  100' Long Wire
  45' Inverted V
  20' Vertical Loaded

  What I have tried that works:
  WJ 34903 Quad Loop, 13"D x 18"T
  Discone

  I have not tried:
  Horizontal Beam
  Other unique small antennas
  Mobile Antennas
  Discone with HF element???

  Both the WJ loop and a beam are directional so I can null the noise but may also lose the signal when off pattern.

  What other choices have been tried in the city that work? I'm trying to avoid purchasing costly equipment that will not work.  

  Thanks,
  Steve




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