Hello All!
The good news from here in the Adirondack Mountains is that we now own a
place in a warmer climate to spend the winters in. The bad news is I will miss
a lot of the best 160M conditions AND I have a no outside antenna deed
restriction. I don't know if I can possibly hide at least a vertical there or
not. Recently I've seen a couple of articles regarding "invisible antennas",
using smaller wire etc. I want to at least get a 20M dipole up somehow. Aside
from any possible ideas on antennas I am wondering about the efficiency loss of
using small diameter wire (100W). I have a roll of #26 I'd be willing to
blacken and try it out but will it work as good as 14 or 12? I don't have a
balanced line tuner and would feed the ant. in the center with a balun (hard to
hide those). I have one tree in the rear of the home which looks to be about
enough distance for only a 10-20M antenna. The tree could possibly hide a
vertical of about 25'. I
don't see any other options right now and lowbands will surely be restricted
up to the time the xyl decides it's time to head South.
Regards to all,
Jim/k2hn
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