[SECC] Antennas for Those Who Can't Put Up a Tower

[Gary McConville]

With realism setting in (hate when this happens), I’m looking to swap my 2el 40meter Cushcraft yagi, 1 el 30meter dipole, and a Jim Strieble Deluxe 5 element 5 band (10 thru 20m) quad for vhf/uhf antennas. Any offers???

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> On Jun 16, 2020, at 12:53 PM, Jeff Clarke <ku8e at ku8e.com> wrote:
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> I was motivated to start this discussion after NQ4I suggested we talk about something other that digital modes. If you drove by my house you wouldn't even know that a ham lived here because you can't see any antennas. Unfortunately we have a HOA in my neighborhood so a big tower with beams is out of the question. Fortunately I do live on a two acre wooded lot so I can hide wire antennas in the woods. Plus I'm at the very northern part of my subdivision and the neighbor behind me owns a 10 acre lot and doesn't really care about my antennas. I've live here 11 years and not one complaint from them.
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> The KU8E antenna farm is the following:
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> 160 Meters - Inverted L with 8 full size elevated radials.
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> 80 Meters - Inverted V with center at 65 ft, 130 foot long Center fed zepp with center at 65 ft.
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> 40 Meters - 130 foot long Center fed zepp with center at 65 ft. Broadside NE/SW so it's bi-directional on 40 meters, 40 meter dipole at 45 feet broadside SE/NW
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> 20 Meters - Dipole at 45 ft broadside N/S.
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> 15 Meters - Full wave vertical loop.  See http://kt4qw.com/acan1.htm\
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> 10 Meters - Full wave vertical loop.  See http://kt4qw.com/acan1.htm\
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> 6 Meters - 5 element yagi hanging from a tree at 45 ft. This is my only aluminum antenna.
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> In the past I've experimented with half squares and a Lazy H but don't have these up right now. I'm to the point now that I would like to expand on my antenna farm  (if you could call it that !) and have some directional antennas. I've though about maybe putting up a quad or dipole array point to EU. I did buy a SpiderBeam once and intended to hang it from a tree limb. I never took it out of the box because it just looked too complicated to put together so I ended up selling it.  I've also thought about buying a tribander and just hanging it from a tree limb but that seemed like a expensive investment, especially if the limb broke and it crashed to the ground.
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> So my question for those in a similar situation what's your suggestion for a good contesting/ DX antenna?
> 
> Jeff KU8E
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