Bruce,
Do you have a fence (wooden fences make good stealth supports).
A wire from the house to the gnd (#28).
XMAS lights? Run an antenna among the twisted AC pair feeding the lights.
(Might have to remove the lights so they don't flash :) )
Put up a satellite dish on your rooftop, but use one feedline as an antenna,
instead. FCC regs specifically permit the small satellite dishes and the
regs preempt CC&Rs. Read the fcc.gov site. The language is beautiful.
....you did ask for wild ideas...
Gary W2CS
Apex, NC
| -----Original Message-----
| From: owner-towertalk@contesting.com
| [mailto:owner-towertalk@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Bruce Makas
| Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 9:35 AM
| To: towertalk submital
| Subject: [TowerTalk]
|
|
| Although a bit off the topic, I would appreciate the collective wisdom of
| the assembled:
|
| I recently moved from Maine to Arizona and am currently "between towers."
| The plan is to build a tower farm on a 10 acre plot that I purchased in
| Central Arizona; more on that later. Today's challenge is that I
| want to put
| up something here at the main (wife's) QTH to use in the interim and
| whenever I am stuck here. HF is the only interest and 10, 15 &/or 20 would
| be all that I need. I would run 100W or so (the Alpha is in storage).
|
| The QTH is in a VERY tightly controlled CC&R development so whatever I due
| must truely be stealth. I was thinking a low dipole under the
| back eaves or
| possibly a mobile antenna. A vertical would be too obvious. I'm not sure
| that an attic antenna will work because the house has tiles for a roof
| covering. There are no gutters & there is no possibility of a
| flagpole. The
| property & the back yard are relatively small.
|
| Anyone have any experiance in a similar situation or have any ideas? Wild
| ones are OK. Are there any books available on this topic? Thanks
| in advance.
|
| Bruce, K1MY/7
|
| Sunny Sun Lakes, Arizona
| where today it is 75 degrees again
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