[TVARC] Greyline Antennas & New User

[Jim Shaw]

Hi Steve,

 

I’m Jim Shaw, AL7BA, down in the Southern Hemisphere of The Villages in Fenney.  Also a pilot and have a 20’ Greyline flagpole.  Doesn’t work too bad.  Have some issues on 80m running any more than 350 watts, but most of the other bands are fine.  Would be happy to show you the outside installation with masks and social distancing, please.  Welcome back into the hobby.  I started in ’77 and was out of it from ’82-’01.  The Air Force was funny about letting me put up much of an antenna in base housing.

 

73

Jim

AL7BA

 

From: tvarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <tvarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Steve Ro
Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2020 4:33 PM
To: TVARC at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [TVARC] Greyline Antennas & New User

 

This is my first time posting.  I am a seasonal owner (at this point) spending my summers in rural central Virginia and winters in The Villages (Villa Berea, Polo Ridge).  No doubt that I will eventually go full time.

 

I have been a Ham for 50 years but COVID got me back on the air after 36 years off.  So, I am operating from Virginia but want to also operate from Florida.  I am looking at HF antenna options at a Villa and I have reviewed the club web site.

 

Has anyone used the Greyline Flagpole antennas? My Villa is a golf course view with a nature preserve on the other side of the gold course.  Thus, I have neighbors on each side but no houses behind me.  My front "yard" is nothing and I have no grass. No place for a flagpole in the front and there are others here who have flagpoles in their back patios areas.

 

I have looked at the Greyline 20 ft antenna as one solution to my needs.  Any comments welcome.

 

Anyway, I am happy to be back on the air with CE, SSB and RTTY.  My wife and I both fly and have airplanes, one of which we bring to Florida when we come (Dunnellon Airport).  If anyone out there is also a pilot, let me know.

 

Thanks, Steve Roth  WA4IKU

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