Hassan, Another way around the HOA is to use a tilt over base (DX Engineering and others). You use a base station type vertical antenna with ground radials and the tilt over base allows you to tilt the vertical down to ground level. As long as you have the space to lay it over you are good to go. Not sure the SA would fit this type of installation but a 4,5 or 6 BTV Hustler certainly would. Keep it down during the day and at night tilt it up. Painted appropriately you can't see it.
Also, look thru some of the antenna books that are available. They are full of ideas for you to build and implement yourself. Thus lowering the cost of the high cost commercial antennas. Practical Antenna Handbook by Joe Carr. HF Antennas for all Locations -- Les Moxon. ARRL Antenna Compendiums Vol 1 thru 8. Vertical Antennas -- Bill Orr. Vertical Antenna Classics -- ARRL just to name a few. I see that you are in a gated community with all of the street names being "Quiet XXXX"....Holy Toledo! Your yard has plenty of room for a tilt over situation, as far as the satellite view can see. Also looks like you have a tile roof....how about running a loop around the perimeter of the roof with insulated wire and feed it with coax and a 4:1 balun with a tune in the shack. An Auto Tuner would be the best for quick band changes. Use as a receive antenna too. Lots of ways to go, if you think about it. GL ES 73....Rick -- W5RH On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 6:13 PM Hassan Thomas via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you for the feedback. Curious on you Super antenna, how high does > it sit off the ground? > > Thank you, > Hassan > > On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 2:14 PM Michael Hooper KI5MWJ via BVARC < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Definitely DX commander. Its not as portable as the Super Antenna. Super >> antenna does not perform near as well. I have both. I upgraded the radials >> for the Super Antenna and now it better but still lagging. Haven’t tried >> the SA for 2 meters yet. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Oct 24, 2022, at 12:04 PM, Jeff Greer via BVARC <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> I'm in an HOA as well, but I've had the DX Commander clone up for a year >> or so now without anybody saying anything. I don't think anybody >> recognizes the 31-foot fiberglass pole sticking up out of my back yard as >> an antenna... >> >> What I really love about it is the ability to change bands at will. I >> can get all of the HF bands (ok, I can only get most of 80) with the >> built-in tuner on my radio. It makes jumping around really quick and >> convenient. >> >> Before (because I was brand new and in an HOA), I just had a 71' wire >> strung along the eave of my house and over to a tetherball pole by a >> fence. I used an external tuner for that, and it worked ok. The DX >> Commander performs a lot better for DX, though. >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Hassan Thomas <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Monday, October 24, 2022 1:44 PM >> *To:* Jeff Greer <[email protected]> >> *Cc:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]> >> *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] Antenna Experiance >> >> Great question. I would like to use this antenna as a base antenna (HOA >> restrictions), fief day, POTA and SHIT. Main use is for HF! Love the >> added be if it of hiring the 2m band too. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 13:33 Jeff Greer <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Oooh, antenna questions! What do you hope to use the antenna for? These >> both appear to be multiband and portable. Anthony and I are going to urge >> you to consider a DX Commander antenna: https://www.m0mcx.co.uk/ >> >> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6wLPPAzu7iPDMaUeHoVvJw >> >> Anthony uses one for POTA; I use a homebrew copy at home, and put up >> another for JOTA the other day. >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* BVARC <[email protected]> on behalf of Hassan Thomas via >> BVARC <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Monday, October 24, 2022 1:25 PM >> *To:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]> >> *Cc:* Hassan Thomas <[email protected]> >> *Subject:* [BVARC] Antenna Experiance >> >> Happy Monday, trying to decide on a multi band antenna. Contestant #1 is >> the Super Antenna >> <https://www.amazon.com/Super-Antenna-MP1LXMAX-80m-10m-Portable/dp/B07HMQ44W2#>and >> contestant #2 is the buddie pole >> <https://www.buddipole.com/minibuddipole.html>. Curious if anyone has >> had experience with either antenna and would share their experience? >> >> >> Kindest Regards, >> >> Hassan Thomas - N5MTG >> >> -- >> Kindest Regards, >> >> Hassan Thomas >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> > > > -- > Kindest Regards, > > Hassan Thomas > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- Rick Hiller *e-mail: [email protected] <[email protected]>* *Cell: 832-474-3713* *Physical: 9031 Troulon Drive* * Houston, TX 77036*
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