I too have no photos. My worst was a 10/15/20 parallel dipole tacked to the wall of my apartment in CA. It gave a very low swr on 40 meters by obviously coupling into the building wiring system. When I sent CQ, the neighbor's TV would switch on and off.
Like Stephanie, I have my own house now so the antennas can stay safely outside. - Keith KD1E - - K2 5411 (that's real close to Stephanie's at sn 5311) - -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephanie Maks I've certainly made my share of terrible antennas, but I wasn't quick enough to take pictures of them. My best worst antenna was a 6M dipole tacked to my bedroom wall, facing the TV. With 50 watts of FM it hit the local repeater just great, and only took a month to destroy my TV's receiver with overload. My runner-up best worst antenna was my indoor mini trapped 10M vertical which 'strangely' would never tune up, until that time I was testing it and holding onto the wrong thing. Suddenly 1.5:1 match at 50 watts of 10M and OUCH WHY IS MY HAND SO HOT?! 73 de Stephanie va3uxb K2#5311 - K1#2132 p.s. fortunately I've got my own home now, so my antennas can be outside instead of inside! _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
