Re: [TowerTalk] New member.... Antenna limitations.

[Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net>]

At 09:44 PM 1/20/2004 +1000, Bob M. wrote:
> G'day and Hi to one and all,
> I'm a new member here and new to HF. I'm in Australia and living in an over
> 50's complex of duplexes with the usual body corporate rules..... no
> aerials,no towers. bla blah.
>
> I've picked up a TS530S some will need to cover all the Bands
> 10m to 160m. and maybe a little either side if I patch the unit with it's
> options. I need an antenna that I can conceal within my roof space.
> I have seen a "cobweb" that looks like our Hills Hoist cloths line. that
> looks promising but very exy in cost.
>
> So I'm looking for something that I can do a Homebrew onto and get started..
> even if I need to do it in sages with one band at a time.  I also have a
> basic 2mtr coming so I would like to make something for that as well.
>
> What I'm asking is where can I find suitable plans for such items and is it
> possible to build what I need. I may be able to use a vertical but I think
> they would be to long.]
>
> Thanks in advance and I'm looking to make a few new friends and gain a lot
> of new knowledge from being here.
>
> Regards
> Bob M.

Is a Hills Hoist legal?  (In my area of Southern California, exterior 
clothes lines are even more anathema than antennas).  If it is legal, it 
might work as a toploaded vertical with a few mods.


Practically speaking, I'd just start with any old wire and a decent 
automatic tuner at the feed point and see how it works.

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