[Qcwa] "Hidden" HF antenna

[N2RQ]

I agree with Henry.  When I was in Army MARS, I used bent dipoles all the
time for 75M.

Be careful about grounding.  Even if inside, there is a lightning risk.

73
Lew
n2rq@arrl.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Henry Schickler" <w2icw@juno.com>
To: <qcwa@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 11:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Qcwa] "Hidden" HF antenna


> Hi Kieth: I live in a garden apartment for a bout 50 years now and work
> all bands with a multiple dipole in the attic. The diagonal dimension of
> the attic is the longest you can get \. That means you can easily run a
> 20, 15, 12 and 10 from corner to corner. As for 40 and 75 run to the
> opposite corners and ben at the ends. Forget what the engineers tell you.
> This will work. I feed the whole thing with one 50 ohm line. You can trim
> them to the middle of the band with patience. At one time i ran the whole
> thng with a Collins KWM2 and no tuner.
>