[SixClub] re; weak signal

Fri, 19 Mar 2004 18:26:50 -0500

yes one
becareful of the Eves look what she did to Adam if it wasnt for her we 
would all be naked and happy as a clam
but realistically i would suggest being aware of the siding used to 
cover the eves if its aluminum it will mess up the dipole
if its vinyl it would be okay

[email protected] wrote:

>Well I cant get hold of another antenna in the short term so the homebrew
>dipole now comes into play. Walking round the house, it seems that the best
>bet is to attach each end of the dipole to the eves of the house so that the
>centre connector lies directly under the apex of the house. The dipole is
>going to lay east/west but not a lot I can do about that. It should be about
>25' high. Just before I do this, anyone got any comments?
>
>Thanks
>
>David
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>Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 6:02 PM
>Subject: Re: [SixClub] re; weak signal
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>>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!
>>
>>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
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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...
>>>
>>>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:
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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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