[TowerTalk] Temporary 160 meter antenna question

[Michael Tope]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mike l dormann" <w7dra at juno.com>
To: <W4EF at dellroy.com>
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 9:31 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Temporary 160 meter antenna question


> remember the article written by W7DRA in NCJ about stealth operation,
> stolen from the ARRL book on stealth operation; snake out a 1/4
> wavelength counter poise anywhere to minimize rf in shack problems, even
> down the hotel hallway.................only takes one
>
> mike w7dra
>

I dunno, Mike, at El Mirage I had 30 one-hundred foot long radials tied to
the base of the vertical, a pair of common-mode chokes on the feedline, and
I was still getting RF into the cab of the truck. There probably was a 
sneak,
however (maybe through the chassis of the truck), or maybe it was just the
proximity (I was running a KW). I just lived with it. The dust storms that
weekend were enough to deal with (10 to 20ft visibility at times) and it 
didn't
keep me from making contacts.

Mike W4EF.......................................................