I go with Option #3
Put the vertical on the roof of the house with as many possible
radials as you can.
Don
N8DE
Quoting Mark McCullen <solar7397@live.com>:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I was stupid and let my ticket expire several years back. However I
> now have the bug again, and will be taking my exams up to Extra on
> Sunday. I will never make that mistake again.
>
> I need some advice on my situation please. 40m DXing is my interest
> here. I live on a small city lot and can not put up a tower. The
> only part of the property I have to put something up is a strip of
> yard on the south side of the house thats roughly 50' long, E/W x
> 15' wide, N/S. On the North side of the strip is the house and on
> the South side there is a 6 ft high block wall. Here are my antenna
> options:
>
> Option 1) Ground mount a 40m vert like the DX Eng 40VE-1 or the
> hi-gain AV616. I can probably run 20 radials or so (10 radials
> stretching east and 10 stretching west). ALL radials will have to be
> bent 90 deg toward the ends to fit.
>
>
> Option 2) Use a vertical dipole such as the Force 12 Sigma 40 which
> doesnt require any radials. I could possibly mount it on a push-up
> mast and get it high enough so the base of the vertical clears the
> roof and antenna will be in the clear.
>
> Any advice or other options would be greatly appraciated either here
> or my email, solar7397 at live.com.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark McCullen
>
>
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