[R-390] 'Burbs antenna

[Walter Salmaniw]

At 05:32 PM 8/10/2002 -0400, Michael Young wrote:
>What do you guys use for receiving antennae (general HF coverage) in 
>suburbia where (alas) there is no room for rhombics, vee's and other cool 
>things that I grew up with

Fellas, I live in a typical urban lot (actually 1 1/2 lots).  In that space 
I've been able to erect and use 6 antennas.  All of them have their uses 
for various portions of the spectrum, but my favourite by far is the 
K9AY.  This is a superb, low noise, and very broad (longwave to 30 MHz) 
banded.  Very directional on long/medium, and lower SW bands.  After that, 
my previous favourite is the T2FD.  Not quite as efficient space wise, and 
good for 4 to 30 MHz.  So even in the urban location, one can do pretty 
well.  I used to also have a 30 foot random wire, which by far was the 
noisiest and the least useful, so it's history now.



Walter (Volodya) Salmaniw, MD
    Victoria, BC, Canada.

DXing the world using AOR 7030+/ERGO, Rockwell-Collins HF-2050, Racal 1792, 
JRC NRD 535D, Kenwood R5000, Collins R390A, Sony 2010, and Sony 1000T with 
the following antennae:  T2FD, K9AY, 60 meter horizontal loop, 
Eavesdropper, 25 meter dipole, 25 MHz vertical.   All incoming and outgoing 
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