At 11:59 AM 8/20/2008, Niel Skousen wrote:
...
I have a 24' tree, with some 3-4' bushes at the base, in a desert/rock
landscaped front yard. The back has no 'cover' yet, and antenna's are
more visible in spite of a fence. The plan is to install the antenna
obscured by the tree, in the front yard. Given the landscaping, ground
mounted with a full radial system is not possible so elevating the
antenna as high as possible without guys or objectionable visibility
wash chosen. My last HF-6V had 32 ea 32' buried radials, wish I could
reproduce that !...
I think in your situation, I would swap that HF-6V for an automatic
antenna tuner and then conceal that automatic antenna tuner at the
base of that tree with a 24 foot wire running up the trunk. Snake a
few radials among the rocks on the ground along with a ground rod and
then let it rip. Don't worry about the radials not being straight.
The tuner would automatically do a tune cycle when needed, you would
have all bands, and very low visibility - even better than the HF-6V.
I have an HF-6V also, and I know they work, but not really any better
than a same-length wire with a tuner.
Jerry W4UK
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