Force 12 sells a version of its Sigma 5 multi-band verical dipole with a TV
antenna on top. Also a reinforced version for patios that allows you to hang
flower pots from it.
Standard disclaimers.
Doug
W6JD
-- Original message --
From: Stuart Rohre [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 17:53:26 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Indeed. Irrespective of PRB 1, FCC has separately ruled AGAINST homeowner
associations in that they cannot legislate to prevent you having an outdoor
TV antenna. A little thing called freedom of speech and press. Put up a
vertical
On Mar 23, 2006, at 11:35 AM, Rich Lentz wrote:
It seems to me that all of you are forgetting something very
important! If
you have CCRs or covenants preventing you from putting up an
antenna there
isn't much you can do about it! YOU have signed on the dotted line
saying
that you will
Has anyone had any experience loading an aluminum ridge vent as an antenna??
We just bought a second home, which is lovely (definition: my wife is
thrilled with it!) but has restrictive covenants - no outside antennas. Grrr.
I have mounted an ATU in the attic and attached a 1:1 balun
Your idea sounds promising, Ray. I haven't used a ridge vent, but my
current main stealth antenna is a piece of wire lying directly on the roof
shingles along the roof ridge. I was concerned about the effects of
rain/snow, but that hasn't been a problem. My wire is insulated, but
occasionally
Ray,
The ridgevent is not likely to be a continuous conductor. It would work
fine if you bonded all the sections together - in dry weather that is - when
it gets wet, the characteristics are likely to change because there will be
conductivity to the shingles as well.
An idea...
What is the
Ray K2HYD wrote:
We just bought a second home, which is lovely (definition: my wife is
thrilled with it!) but has restrictive covenants - no outside antennas.
Grrr.
I have mounted an ATU in the attic and attached a 1:1 balun directly to
it, with about 25 ft of wire going out from each side
Raymond Albers wrote:
I have mounted an ATU in the attic and attached a 1:1 balun directly
to it, with about 25 ft of wire going out from each side - in other
words, a non-resonant dipole - all inside the attic. It loads OK on
all bands 80 thru 10 and I've made several decent contacts with it.
Or fold the ends back toward the feedpoint. Make yourself
a linear loaded dipole that way. Feed in center with 450 ohm
twin lead. A starting point for length of wire, including the folded
back part, around 66 feet (33 ft each side).
de Joe, aa4nn
Reread your CCRs. Maybe they do allow TV antennas. You probably have
neighboors who use Satellite for TV. Just say you have HDTV and run a UHF
Yagi up a pole. Tell them it's for HD, but insulate the bottom. Instant
top-hat vertical!
YMMV, but how can they say no TV? That's un-Americang.
Dan /
, Un-Retired
K2/100 SN 3075
http://www.milwaukeehdtv.org
- Original Message -
From: Dan Barker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 10:41 AM
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] ridge vent as antenna?
Reread your CCRs. Maybe they do allow TV antennas
On Mar 22, 2006, at 8:41 AM, Dan Barker wrote:
Reread your CCRs. Maybe they do allow TV antennas. You probably have
neighboors who use Satellite for TV. Just say you have HDTV and run
a UHF
Yagi up a pole. Tell them it's for HD, but insulate the bottom.
Instant
top-hat vertical!
Like
On Mar 22, 2006, at 8:51 AM, Gregg R. Lengling wrote:
You might want to read about the reaffirmations about PRB-1 on the
FCC website. PRB-1 also applies to CCR's, HomeOwner Assoc. ect.
Find it here and read it...you will be pleasantly suprised.
Gregg,
That was what the petition requested ... but if you read nearer the bottom,
the request was denied.
Now, I do understand that some of the states have legislation or are
considering legislation that will apply the same principles as PRB-1 to
CCRs and HOA rules - encourage your state
Considering equivalent lengths, bending the sections of a doublet more
than 90 degrees significantly reduces the effect of the additional length of
wire. Folding the wire back on itself a few inches from the original
radiator has the effect of lengthening the radiator only slightly. RF flows
over
Indeed. Irrespective of PRB 1, FCC has separately ruled AGAINST homeowner
associations in that they cannot legislate to prevent you having an outdoor
TV antenna. A little thing called freedom of speech and press. Put up a
vertical with a dummy (or real) TV antenna atop it. Might broadband
A more effective antenna is to attach needed length to the ends of ridge
vent and run them at right angles to it down the gable. Paint to hide them
or tuck under edge of non metallic shingles.
Thus you create a Z antenna.
Note many ridge vents today are plastic, so this might not work unless
Stuart K5KVH wrote:
...FCC has separately ruled AGAINST homeowner
associations in that they cannot legislate to prevent you having an outdoor
TV antenna. A little thing called freedom of speech and press. Put up a
vertical with a dummy (or real) TV antenna atop it
It would seem to me that if a TV antenna on a mast with guy wires is
permitted, then a multiband vertical with no guy wires would be viewed
as an improvement and would be even more permitted. Of course that
assumes these CCR's have some rational thought behind them - which is a
stretch!
When I
On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:41:47 -0500, Dan Barker wrote:
Reread your CCRs. Maybe they do allow TV antennas.
Federal law pre-empts CCR provisions or HOA regulations that
proscribe TV or satellite-dish antennas only when they are being used
as described below.
You probably have
neighboors who
On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 10:51:35 -0600, Gregg R. Lengling wrote:
You might want to read about the reaffirmations about PRB-1 on the FCC
website. PRB-1 also applies to CCR's, HomeOwner Assoc. ect. Find it
here and read it...you will be pleasantly suprised.
Sorry, but YOU will be unpleasantly
] On Behalf Of Raymond Albers
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 10:24 AM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] ridge vent as antenna?
Has anyone had any experience loading an aluminum ridge vent as an antenna??
We just bought a second home, which is lovely (definition: my wife
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