I lived in an apartment complex, and ran HF, VHF, and UHF. I had to be stealthy about it, but I made it work. We were on the 3rd floor, with a balcony facing a parking lot that had a copse of trees behind it. I could attach a fishing sinker to the end of a piece of magnet wire and shoot it into the trees. Then I used a random wire tuner to operate HF. I got a bunch of contacts in Western Europe. Some were in the UK, and many were in Ireland. Nobody was the wiser. For the local 2m repeater I tried a copper J-Pole, sprayed with a textured fleck paint that matched the brick facade of the building perfectly. It couldn't be seen from the ground at all, it was that well hidden. But the neighbor below us had trouble with his clock radio receiving our 2m activity, so I gave away the J-Pole and built a 2m Moxon. That was hidden inside a wooden privacy lattice. We put 2 of these little gazebo-like fences on the balcony, one on each end, and the antenna was mounted inside one end. The null lobe was toward the building, and the downstairs neighbor never complained again.
If I had to move into an apartment or other place that didn't allow outside antennas, I have a usable small transmitting loop that I could use indoors with some success. I've hit Bavaria with it using 5w with the antenna in my house on my workbench, so it must be getting out. Just a cheap loop I got on Ebay for around $100US -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 73, Gwen, NG3P On Wed, Aug 30, 2023 at 1:50 PM DAVID MOORMAN <[email protected]> wrote: > Rob, do they specifically forbid HF radio transmission? I live in a small > (21 unit) condo building near Chicago, and the association is kind enough > to let me put a Hustler antenna with three resonators on our first floor > balcony. It works but OK not great. If you’re on a higher floor, you can > do quite well from a condo. > > Is the building frame construction or steel framework with reinforced > concrete slabs? Wood frame construction is much better! > > Dave K9SW > > > On Aug 30, 2023, at 11:57 AM, ROBERT FOLLETT <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I am moving into a Condo complex, and can’t do HF radio there…. > Reluctantly, I must Part with these, (along with a ton of other ham stuff) > > > > K2: SN 0356, Int Batt, ATU, and Tilt Stand — No Mic. > > > > Make an offer, as I have no idea of value > > > > K3: SN 6154 > > K3/100 > > KAT3 > > KXV3A > > KFL 3A-2.8_2,7 > > KFL3A-400 > > KFL3A-1.8k > > LBPF3 General Coverage RX > > MH2 Mic > > > > The K3 has only been used for SSB and CW, so it has no hardware updates. > > > > Make an offer, I will ship, minimum expected $1000 + shipping cost. > > > > Rob - KT7L > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to [email protected] > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
