Hello I've been playing around with the QFH antenna that was in a recent issue of QST...and it strikes me just looking at the dims of the one sitting outside the hamshack window here in Santa Fe that one could make that a pretty stealth antenna...
The key would be to use the "PVC" pipe as both a mast and a slide into one of the vents of the house...then if you wanted to cover the outside so nothing "antenna" was obvious figure out a way to give it a sort of radome. I've seen the little 70cm QFH's with a radome anyway...so it would only be a matter of scale. If the folks would let you put up an FM antenna (ie a yagi) then one could easily take a radio shack version convert it to 2 meters and add 440 to it...it would look like a regular antenna except for the short time you were elevating it for use. Whatever you come up with...well be sure and take some pictures and share it. Robert WB5MZO > From: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:03:03 -0500 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [amsat-bb] Stealth Satellite Station? > > I currently live in a rental house and an outside antenna is out of the > question. I asked about putting up a satellite TV dish at my own expense > last year and received and flat out "NO". So, my current options are as > follows: > > 1. Going out to my car and working the FM birds with my Icom 2720H and 19" > whip. > 2. Working the FM birds from the back/front yard or possibly inside the > house with my Icom W32A and Elk LP antenna. > 3. Setting up my 2720 in the house with some sort of stealth antenna and > give a try at satellite APRS. > > Obviously options 1 and 3 still allow for option 2. > > Has anyone tried any form of stealth antenna for Satellites. I am really > interested in the idea of combining the satellites and aprs together. > > -- > Kent R Frazier, K5KNT > AMSAT #36765, ARRL, San Angelo Amateur Radio Club, Tom Green County - ARES > > Sent from San Angelo, TX, United States > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: It helps you do more. Explore Windows 7. http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_evergreen3:102009 _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
