When I lived in a 3rd floor apartment, I used to use a slingshot to fire a fishing sinker with a 28-gauge magnet wire attached, across the parking lot under our balcony into a wooded area's trees. Then I dangled a counterpoise behind a downspout where it wouldn't be seen, and tuned it all with a random wire tuner. Got me to Europe fairly consistently, and lots of the US. Nobody ever saw it. I even had a 2m Moxon inside a wooden garden privacy screen on my balcony that kept the radiation outside the building so it no longer got into the downstairs neighbor's clock radio.
73, Gwen, NG3P On Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 4:40 PM Rick WA6NHC <wa6...@gmail.com> wrote: > I had a similar 370' antenna hidden on the oaks above 'the common area' > (that no one ever used, it wasn't developed); it allowed me 200+ > countries. That HOA had a severe case of cranial rectumitus, folks with > an inflated sense of self importance and the false sense of power. I'll > be durned if I need someone's permission to plant a flower on MY land > and their choice of paint color was akin to what is seen inside a > newborn's diaper. > > I escaped the state and haven't missed it for a moment. With all the > current events, I'm extra glad to not be an unwilling participant there; > it's approaching third world status quickly. > > Now, I'm almost done assembling a SteppIR DB36 (80-6M, it, the tower and > prop pitch were parts of an estate sale) where the noise floor is > honestly 28-30dB lower. The only remaining issue now is time before the > snow accumulates making it too difficult to finish (another 10 hours > ought to do it, but snowing now). The nearest neighbor (also a ham, > with a SteppIR) is 700' away; we each have room to breathe and will > coordinate operations should the need arise (he contests, I avoid them; > shouldn't be any issues, besides he is QRP and I have the KPA1500). > > Not everyone can do this, I get it. (I even sold at a large loss.) But > if such a move is within your reach, do it. Life is too short to have > to put up with corporate stupidity and huge false egos and (often > hidden) agendas. And then there is the politics, ugh. The cost of > living here is less and the quality of life is VASTLY improved, even if > I have to drive 75 miles for the closest Costco. > > When I arrived here I was told "Welcome to America!" and that has been > true, absolutely spot on, every day. I am truly blessed. > > 73, > Rick NHC > N Idaho (we're closed, please try South Dakota?) > > On 10/28/2019 11:54 AM, Grant Youngman wrote: > > Don’t you love it when guy’s are taking about their latest large antenna > projects? I read these things, look wistfully out back into my 30’x30’ > townhouse courtyard, and wonder if I can dare put my Buddipole 40M dipole > up one more foot without attracting the ire of some resident who will > report my illicit activity to the HOA. That’s about as big as my antenna > projects can get 🤣🤣 > > > > Grant NQ5T > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to ard...@gmail.com -- -+-+-+-+- Jenny Everywhere's Infinite: Quark Time http://quarktime.net ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
