Hello, I have recently moved to a new home that has HOA/CC&R restrictions. The good news is that I got permission to put the antenna up with very little hassle. I am trying to be a good neighbor and
I can't give you a hard and fast number but I can say based on a temporary vertical I used when we first built our house that until I got it about 20 ft away from our two-story home you could hear th
I'll second that! I have a Hy-Tower 160' behind the house in the clear....no trees....nothing nearby on 10 acres. I never believed what an improvement getting it in the clear would make. If I were yo
Hello, I have recently moved to a new home that has HOA/CC&R restrictions. The good news is that I got permission to put the antenna up with very little hassle. I am trying to be a good neighbor and
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There are two issues at play here: one is the absorption by the house. I have no numbers on this, but it has to be there. The second, and perhaps more important, is the lack of radials in that direct
Seems to me the answer would be to try both. Mount the antenna next to the house for a couple weeks, then try it in the clear. Do the house test first, so when you get it in the clear and like it, yo
I have a 160m vertical 3 feet from the house at P40A http://www.qrz.com/p40a and it works OK. Your vertical should work fine near the house and it may minimize any neighbor complaints so you can stay
I concur with John that what your proposing should work okay. The 60' ft tall vertical portion of my 160 meter inverted-L is also right up against my house on a very small lot. It's not a great anten