Subj : Re: Antennas To : Sean Dennis From : Marc Lewis Date : Wed May 01 2019 00:00:47 Hello Sean. ML> It's certainly worth considering! Antenna might get a bit tricky here ML> in an apartment complex; have to check and see... SD> There is an excellent book called "Small Antennas for Small Spaces" SD> published by the ARRL you should get. You'd probably solve your SD> problem. I certainly will look into it! SD> A buddy of mine just loads up the gutters on his four-story SD> apartment building at night. Seriously. He has a ground rod SD> right next to the bottom spout and he hooks up a modified RG-8X SD> cable...works 10-160 meters with an antenna matcher. :D Very sneaky... And very clever! I could probably do just that as there's a downspout right next to my apartment... Drive a rivet and a crimpable ring terminal into it. Ground rod would be an absolute must, most probably as all the internal plumbing is plastic. The ground near the downspout is almost always damp so a 1 meter rod would probably suffice. I'd have to devise a method of driving it into the ground without drawing attention to me doing it. Thoughts? SD> I personally have loaded a small bridge on a country road before SD> with 100W of power and worked Australia with it. :P Also sneaky and clever, but strange that the bridge would not be at ground potential. How'd you get around that? 73, Marc --- timEd/2 1.10.y2k+ * Origin: Sursum Corda! BBS-Huntsville,AL-bbs.sursum-corda.com (1:396/45) .