Hi Carlos,
There are more ways than one to skin a cat. As a teenager I also had =
problems with neighbours, so I hooked my Viking II up to the slat =
springs (commonly used in those days) under my mattress and f'ired =
away'. Made all kinds of contacts, but today you would also need a good =
antenna tuner for the job :>). Good luck Carlos and hang in there!
73, Carl VE9OV=20
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From: Jon Ogden=20
To: Carlos Augusto S. Pereira ; towertalk@contesting.com=20
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 1:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] I need help
Carlos,
You certainly do not want to give up ham radio! It is too bad they do =
not
want you to run the cables up the side. If done correctly, no one =
would
ever know. And anyhow, I've never been to Belo Horizonte, but I've =
been to
Sao Paolo and Buenos Aires and I saw plenty of buildings with cables =
up and
down the sides of them (particularly in Buenos Aires! - what an =
interesting
power grid!). But neighbors will be neighbors.
Here are some other possible options.
1.) Can you move to the top floor of the building where the cable run =
would
be very short on the outside of the building and you wouldn't be =
running it
by anyone?
2.) Is there some sort of shelter that exists or could be made on the =
top of
the building and you could put your ham shack there?
3.) Is there any way to run your cables between the walls? That way =
no one
would see. It's a very big job to do, but if it's possible, I think
everyone is happy.
4.) Have a wire antenna inside your home or a vertical outside the =
window -
at least it gets you on the air. Join a club with a station that you =
can
operate more seriously from.
There are many options, my friend. I once made an antenna that was =
design
to fit around the sides of a balcony I had. I made contacts with it, =
a
Heathkit transmitter and a Hallicrafters SX-100 receiver. And that =
was in
1989! There's always a way!
Don't give up. Even 500 feet of cable run is better than none. =
Someone else
may be able to better answer your cable length questions than me.
73 es gl,
Jon
NA9D
on 11/21/02 7:36 PM, Carlos Augusto S. Pereira at py4ro@superig.com.br
wrote:
> I live in seven floor building in Belo Horizonte - Brazil and =
recently
> raised a 2 element Yagi on its top. However, the
> neighbors did not allow me to pass the cables (rotor and coaxial =
cable) at
> the outside of the building. I used the elevator but the company =
which makes
> the service complained that it is illegal and asked me to remove =
them (I am
> doing that tomorrow morning). Thus so I have two options to follow:
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> 1. To give up ham radio.
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> 2. To pass the cable all the way down the stairs (making curves and =
paiting
> the cable).
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> I confess that after almost one year arguing with the neighbords the =
option
> number l is getting more and more close. I am tired of explain =
things and
> be misunderstood. But when I think about this option I get sad =
because I
> have been a ham since I was 18 (I am 34 now) and I like our hobby =
very very
> much. Most of my friends are hams! I do not want to give up!
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Jon Ogden
NA9D (ex: KE9NA)
Citizen of the People's Democratic Republik of Illinois
Life Member: ARRL, NRA
Member: AMSAT, DXCC
http://www.qsl.net/na9d
"A life lived in fear is a life half lived."
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