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Re: [BVARC] HF Antenna Advice

David, 1. Make sure you have a bit of standoff for the 4:1 Current Balun from the actual chimney to prevent coupling RF to the brick (they are red for a reason). 2 Make sure you provide strain relief for the ends of the wire where they attach to the post above your fence. I use surgical

Re: [BVARC] HF Antenna Advice

Jeffrey The Internet has multiple pages that warn that antennas can overload and pull down a brick chimney. Other pages say small antennas are okay, but don’t mount anything big or needing a rotor. Then again, other pages are ‘anything goes’ on a chimney. So there is no consistent advice.

Re: [BVARC] HF Antenna Advice

Eric Sorry, I should have mentioned that the chimney is brick. Years ago I had a satellite dish strapped to the chimney. That dish has been replaced years ago, but the strapping is still attached and I planned to use that strapping to hold up a pulley for the antenna. David David Mehl

Re: [BVARC] HF Antenna Advice

You didn’t mention what your chimney is constructed from ... brick, stone, galvanized steel??? Sent from my iPhone > On May 7, 2021, at 16:16, Jeffrey Carson via BVARC wrote: > >  > What "warnings" did you read about using a chimney for a mount. Never > actually heard of any myself. Is it

Re: [BVARC] HF Antenna Advice

What "warnings" did you read about using a chimney for a mount. Never actually heard of any myself. Is it about it not being sturdy or something else? On Friday, May 7, 2021, 03:12:02 PM CDT, MIKE BRANNAN via BVARC wrote: Years ago I used steel strapping around my chimney to hold a

Re: [BVARC] HF Antenna Advice

Years ago I used steel strapping around my chimney to hold a heavy dipole with large traps. Worked fine. Even went though several high wind events. One removed a large portion of the roof. Sent from my iPhone > On May 7, 2021, at 1:14 PM, Karl Bernard via BVARC wrote: > >  > David, > > I