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RE: [BULK] - [TowerTalk] Covert Mast and Yagi

To: "'froggy@awaforums.com'" <froggy@awaforums.com>,towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: RE: [BULK] - [TowerTalk] Covert Mast and Yagi
From: Steve Katz <stevek@jmr.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 15:23:47 -0800
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12' x 12' isn't very big for a directional antenna...at least not one for
HF, where even a very modest tribander (yagi) has elements that are about
thirty feet long.  However, a HexBeam or Moxon would be smaller, and more
"square" in shape, and maybe fit.  Until you get a dog.  -WB2WIK/6

"Success is the ability to go from failure to failure with no loss of
enthusiasm." -Winston Churchill

> -----Original Message-----
> From: froggy@awaforums.com [SMTP:froggy@awaforums.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 3:36 PM
> To:   towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject:      [BULK] - [TowerTalk] Covert Mast and Yagi
> 
> Here's a challenging question (at least challenging for me). I 
> currently live in a covenant restricted community that doesn't allow 
> antennas. Since I have trees around the house, I realize that it is 
> not difficult to set up a dipole, or two, or three. What I'm curious 
> about is whether one could setup a mast of some sort that could be 
> extended at night with a yagi (or similar) antenna at its top. I have 
> a dogpen (no dog) at the side of the house that has sides six feet 
> high (chain link with plastic strips to hide the inside from view) 
> with  internal dimensions of 12'X12'. I have had musings about 
> possibly "landing" the antenna in the dogpen before the sun comes up. 
> Otherwise, the whole project gets turned into a "pumpkin".
> 
> Force 12 has some interesting extendable masts on their website. Are 
> there other masts that extend to a workable level, and still collapse 
> to the six foot level I need to hide the antenna during the day? Am I 
> smokin' crack on this one, or are there directional antennas that 
> could could fit into my dogpen dimensions when retracted.
> 
> If nothing else, it's a thought exercise. I just don't have the 
> background to figure out if it's even possible with off the shelf 
> hardware.
> 
> Regards!
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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