[TowerTalk] F Now Mast Insertion Depth

[Roger (K8RI)]

Richards wrote:
> Yep - antennas always seem to involve compromises.... but in this
> case MY WIFE has issued an edict concerning holes in the roof.
>
> I am luckier than most hams - that is the ONLY stipulation she has
> ever placed on my ham radio installation.  She even helped dig the
> cable trench to my Vertical last fall and is always on the other end
> of the rope when I pull up a dipole... so, I guess this is one "antenna
> compromise"  I can accept.

So far mine hasn't complained, long as I don't ruin the roof, her bike, 
or car<:-)) 
>
> As always, thanks for the feedback comments.
>
> Sidebar =  What do you think of one using a 9 foot roof tower on the
> ground (maybe with some appropriate cement footings) to hold a
> a "groundless" vertical such as the AV-640 at a safe height from
> the marauding children and other neighborhood pests?  Possibly
That's pretty close to what I did  when setting up my AV640 although I 
had a mast sticking up to about 12'.

73

Roger (K8RI)
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