[SixClub] re; weak signal

Thu, 18 Mar 2004 18:02:55 -0500

Chris,

Sorry, what I meant was that the colinear vertical is 2m/70cm, NOT 6m, so
what I am trying to do is to get the 6m side of things operational!

David
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Boone" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: [SixClub] re; weak signal

> 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
>
> [email protected] 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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