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On 21 Jul 2009 at 23:35, Dave Harmon wrote:
> I'll second that!
> I have a Hy-Tower 160' behind the house in the clear....no trees....nothing
> nearby on 10 acres.
> I never believed what an improvement getting it in the clear would make.
> If I were you considering you have permission....don't try to hide it...they
> know it's there....put it in the middle of the yard and run as many and as
> long radials as you can. Just staple them to the grass...this works really
> well.
> And run a KW.
>
>
> Regards
>
> Dave Harmon
> K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
> Sperry, Ok.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Tim N9PUZ
> Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 10:19 PM
> To: Jay Radcliffe
> Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Mounting a Hustler 5BTV Near a house
>
> Jay Radcliffe wrote:
>
> > and power would be 100W maximum. I wanted to see if anyone has any
> > experience with how much degradation in TX/RX quality compared to
> > mounting it more in the clear.
>
> I can't give you a hard and fast number but I can say based on a
> temporary vertical I used when we first built our house that until I
> got it about 20 ft away from our two-story home you could hear the
> difference on receive. Stations were stronger AND noise generated
> within the house was less. The noise actually disappeared about that
> distance.
>
> Personally I would go for the back of the lot and keep it in the clear
> as much as possible. Once it's assembled and tuned you could perhaps
> paint it to be less obvious than shiny aluminum.
>
> Tim, N9PUZ
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