Good day to all far & near, enjoy your Sunday.
Once the sky turned dark last night, I did my best 007 and put up my stealth magnet wire antenna. With one side attached to a painters pole on the far end of my small yard, other side attached near my gutter and into the window. James Bond himself would have been proud seeing me up on a ladder in the dark. Would have been interesting if my neighbors peeked out the window to see the show, if I saw someone on a ladder after dark would certainly do a double take.
So far with the new setup I have mixed results, using my Ten-Tec R4020 QRP rig and a tuner having trouble getting a decent low swr an 20 meters. Next up is attaching a small clamp to the heater pipe for a ground.
OK back to some more tweaking and hopefully some contacts later.
Hello Jim,
ReplyDeleteLiving in apartments for most of my adult life, I know where you're coming from. My best success in those days was using a temporary antenna which I "bungee corded" to an outside (third floor) stair railing. I extended my Isotron antenna up above the roof line with painters extension pole. Although only 40 meters, I had a lot of fun with it and worked fairly well. I still use the same configuration today in a spare room fed with 10 feet of coax.
Good luck with yours....
Hi John,
DeleteLooks like you have good results with your Isotron. Just wondering if that antenna requires a ground?
73's
Jim
I don't use one and it works just fine.
DeleteHi Jim, I like this kind of stories. Keep us updated. This is real ham spirit. 73 Paul
ReplyDeleteHi Paul,
DeleteIt seems like I do more screwing around with antennas than operating. Looking for the best set up for my small lot and location I guess.
Regards,
Jim