[SixClub] re; weak signal

[Christopher Boone]

Your vertical is great for local FM work...but will have a 20db LOSS 
when working SSB stations on HORIZ during NON band openings...

If you can put some turnstyle antenna (like the crossed squares in QST 
and QEX a while back), you could hide it in the trees...paint it green 
or brown to help hide it.....

OR put a TV tower up, buy a Log Periodic antenna for 50Mhz to whatever 
(UHF or 1.2GHz) and tell the homeowners group its a TV antenna ALLOWED 
under FEDERAL law....make sure you have it hooked to the TV if they 
check! :) Yes, they cannot prevent you from putting up an outside TV 
antenna...and luckily 6mtr and TV2 antennas can look exactly the same..

Chris
WB5ITT

davidworboys@earthlink.net wrote:

> Also, can anyone tell me how high (ideally) I should site my homebrew
> dipole? I have antenna restrictions (i.e NONE ALLOWED) but have a colinear
> vertical up about 60' hidden in a tree. I cant get the dipole up that high
> but how high is high enough!
> 
> Thanks,
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