[TenTec] Attic antennas

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John,
 
If I'm not mistaken, the Tarheel is using your mobile home as a ground  
plane.  If you put it in your attic, you will have to make an equivalent  
ground plane for it  to function properly.  If you do that, and your  roof and 
attic walls do not contain enough metal to shield RF, what you suggest  might 
work.
 
73 Ray W2RS
 
 
In a message dated 11/29/2010 7:35:04 P.M. GMT Standard Time,  
john at w3gqj.net writes:

Frank,

I have a Tarheel antenna that I use on my motor home.  I have been toying
with the idea of put a mount in the attic and putting  the antenna on it 
when
the motor home is in storage. I use the capacity hat  when mobile so the
antenna is not much higher than the air conditioning  unit when mounted on
the top of the  ladder.

73,
John

-----Original Message-----
From:  tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
On  Behalf Of kf6e at mail.com
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 8:21 AM
To:  tentec at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Attic antennas


My 40  meter dipole seems to work quite well, and 20 is OK.  During the  SSB
and CW sweepstakes, I had nearly 100% response to calls on 40 and  20.  They
won't load up on 80 or 160, however.  And no amount of  thought will remove
the large amount of metal in the attic, including the  cable TV coax, power
lines, air ducts, and furnace.  There isn't a  spot in the entire attic that
isn't a few feet away from something  metal.  I'm sure some of the power is
going into that  sink.




In addition, there are trusses on 24" centers  throughout the attic, which
makes moving around very difficult, especially  in view of the fact that I 
am
disabled.  An outdoor antenna would be  easier to erect, and probably  work
better.

73,
Frank
KF6E



-----Original  Message-----
From: Bill Rowlett <kc4atu at hotmail.com>
To:  tentec at contesting.com
Sent: Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:43 pm
Subject: Re:  [TenTec] Attic antennas


> Moral of the story: don't buy a house  where outdoor antennas are not
allowed,
no matter how much the XYL  insists.
>

I am running a 40 meter dipole and a Mosley Mini 33  tri bander in the 
attic,

beam is fixed pointed to the northeast, and  have DXCC using QRP.
They work well when given some  thought.



KC4ATU

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