[SixClub] re; weak signal

Thu, 18 Mar 2004 19:02:11 -0500

hey david
if that 2/70 antenna mounted on a pole?
if so you could get a Par Omniangle or a M2 HOloop and mount it a foot 
or so under that vertical and that would do well

[email protected] wrote:

>Chris,
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>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!
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>David
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>From: "Christopher Boone" <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 4:31 PM
>Subject: Re: [SixClub] re; weak signal
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>>Your vertical is great for local FM work...but will have a 20db LOSS
>>when working SSB stations on HORIZ during NON band openings...
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>>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.....
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>>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
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>>[email protected] wrote:
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>>>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
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>colinear
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>>>vertical up about 60' hidden in a tree. I cant get the dipole up that
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>high
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>>>but how high is high enough!
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>>>Thanks,
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