Hi all,

I am new to the group. My name is Jason Sherblom KR4FEF. Hello to all!

I only have a balcony but have had luck with a 20 meter ham stick mounted in a steel bucket hanging off the top of the railing with a single 17’ speaker wire (two 8.5’ individual wires split and spliced together) as a counterpoise. Using my Icom IC7300 or Xiegu G90 works well. Great for voice and digital (FT8).

It took a while to get this configuration as right as it can be but if the bands are happy at any point throughout the day this setup works well.

I also have a 10m to 40m dipole I’ll set up if I go out to the community center or someplace open, and also a couple of different vertical configurations, I will set up from time to time and some wire antennas I made.

I look forward to getting more involved with the group down the road. Take care!

73,

Jason - KR4FEF


On Fri, Jul 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM Chris Pasbrig via TVARC <tvarc@mailman.qth.net> wrote:
Hello Kirk,

I have the following antennas in my attic:

VHF/UHF: Cushcraft "Ringo" AR-2, works great
HF: 20m wire dipole with LDG 1:1 BALUN, mounted in the attic at the ridge of the roof, works well with my Kenwood TS-430 using a MFJ 249E tuner

Outside (temporary use)
20m & 40m Shark hamstick dipoles with 1:1 BALUN, mounted on 10' by 3/4" pvc pipe painted black, slid over a 1/2" rebar pounded into the ground so I can rotate them, narrow bandwidth but with the tuner they work well.

Chris W4ACB


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