I presently am in a restricted sub-division where a man's castle is not the
rule. I get permission to plant shrubs. My antenna is the rain gutters. I
have 2 stories and I have the gutters in front connected to the rear with 16
gauge stranded wire and at the high point of the gable, ladder line splitting
the loop going to a 4-1 balun just outside the second story window. there are
two 22' down spouts and one 4' down spout. I use a ten-tec 540 HF rig and have
worked into Europe and South America on CW fairly good. I can hear Crozet
Island but can't compete in the pile-up.
Would there be a problem if I ran 500 Watts into the antenna? I know hams
have used gutters many times but I am not certain what problems a little power
may cause. I worked the contest but really got beat easily by other stations.
When there was a lull, I would get contest dx here and there. I realize this
is not ten-tec discussion but when I get moved I'll be smoking on a real
antenna. Thanks, David W4KA
I found an OMNI VI+ with all filters and a great price. It should be in my
shack soon. Thanks again to all for your helpful comments. This is a great
pipe line we have.
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