Walt KE7GWZ wrote: On topic, I haven't made or put up any antennas yet. :) I imagine when I do I'll have some stinkers as well. I'm thinking about a dipole running the ridge of my house. I could hit a half-wave for 40 meters. Then there are those really tall fir trees in the front yard...
----------------- Both of those will work. Feed that 66 foot wire with good open wire line and you can get out well on 80 too. I always go for the option that puts the radiator as much in the clear and away from objects as possible. Some cheap balloons from the party supply will get a wire into those trees - just use two people, one on either side of the tree on a calm morning until it's over the best spot, then one person pulls down while the other plays out very lightweight thread, followed by heavier thread, followed by string, followed by rope... Fitting the subject, I do antenna work only in the daytimes here on the edge of the Gayles Creek wetlands in Forest Grove, Oregon, ever since the night I was out stringing some wire and stepped over a cat roaming the yard. A few minutes later I got a better look a the "cat" from the ladder and saw the stripes. Glad I didn't startle it. I keep the garage door closed at night too. The fastest way to ruin a morning is to start the car and scare a pole cat snoozing under it, keeping warm. Ron AC7AC _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] 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
