Outside of the Alpha Hotel, we strive to be less of an asshat.
Outside of the Alpha Hotel, we strive to be less of an asshat.
Yeah, yeah, okay. You're no fun anymore...Originally Posted by KG4CGC
Seriously, a trapped dipole in the attic is a good way to go. Remember that the elements don't necessarily don't have to be run in a straight line for their entire length. It's okay to bend them to fit into the space.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
We do? :chin:
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All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
As the Island BT, I have a responsibility to our Islanders as well as potential Islanders.
Nevermind, I can't keep a straight face through that.
Ive been refered to as the Island Bassman...i guess im the Island BM. Charming...and a little gross.
As for the antenna. My new house has a douchebag HOA...none of my new neighbors like them, and its the 4th HOA since the complex was completed in 2004. I currently have a general dipole up at the rental house im living in, and with the tuner, i can get an excellent SWR from 40 to 10. I can even do 80 but it gets really sensitive. Either way, i am going to try for the same set up in the new place.
The shack will be in the upstairs office that my wife and i share. Between the office and the back yard is the livingroom, it has a vaulted ceiling thats really nice, but theres no way my 6', 220 lb frame is fitting through that tiny attic space so i have to devise a barrier for the office window to run the coax through. I plan to put white duct tape on the cable from the window to the overhang so its less visible for the Nazi...i mean, HOA when they do their twice a week weed patrol. Then its going to run the length of the overhang, tucked out of sight...no holes cut in the drywall. Its going to run up to a balun at the peak of the roofline in the back. From there, the white enamel wires will run back down the overhang on both sides to the corner, then down to the block wall from there. Im also elevated and far from power lines on the very edge of town, facing NE. I never go above 100w, and its mostly CW anyway, its a cleaner mode. Ive not had a single complaint with the set up here in all the years ive been here.
This set-up should work and lets hope nobody gets all heady. My neighbors seem cool, ill just ground well, run filters and tell them im only an SWL if they ask.
The louder the monkey, the smaller its balls.
Personally I wouldn't care if I caused them TVI/RFI. Not that I like causing it and I would use the lowest power nessesary and the best filtering I could, but, when they come to complain about it I can have the pleasure of telling them that because your rules force me to have an antenna hidden indoors and close to the ground where it is in close proximity to all their TV's, computers, and what nots instead of up and away from it all then they'll just have to accept the interference as per part 15 compliance of home electronics devices. If they bring the FCC into the fray I'll simply explain to the FCC that I have done everything in my ability to reduce RFI, I run the lowest power level needed and, I have tried to re-orient the antenna into a better position but that the HOA insists that I keep my antenna as low and as close to the home electronics as possibly. Thus it is the HOA that wants to maximize RFI levels and RF exposure.Ive been refered to as the Island Bassman...i guess im the Island BM. Charming...and a little gross.
As for the antenna. My new house has a douchebag HOA...none of my new neighbors like them, and its the 4th HOA since the complex was completed in 2004. I currently have a general dipole up at the rental house im living in, and with the tuner, i can get an excellent SWR from 40 to 10. I can even do 80 but it gets really sensitive. Either way, i am going to try for the same set up in the new place.
The shack will be in the upstairs office that my wife and i share. Between the office and the back yard is the livingroom, it has a vaulted ceiling thats really nice, but theres no way my 6', 220 lb frame is fitting through that tiny attic space so i have to devise a barrier for the office window to run the coax through. I plan to put white duct tape on the cable from the window to the overhang so its less visible for the Nazi...i mean, HOA when they do their twice a week weed patrol. Then its going to run the length of the overhang, tucked out of sight...no holes cut in the drywall. Its going to run up to a balun at the peak of the roofline in the back. From there, the white enamel wires will run back down the overhang on both sides to the corner, then down to the block wall from there. Im also elevated and far from power lines on the very edge of town, facing NE. I never go above 100w, and its mostly CW anyway, its a cleaner mode. Ive not had a single complaint with the set up here in all the years ive been here.
This set-up should work and lets hope nobody gets all heady. My neighbors seem cool, ill just ground well, run filters and tell them im only an SWL if they ask.
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
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Might consider moving the computer forum to the Alpha Hotel.
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