Jeff, would you please post a couple pictures of your home brew commander. That sounds like an interesting project. I'm particularly interested in how you've mounted it and supported it.
Thanks and 73 JP K5JPP > On 05/13/2022 7:34 AM Jeff Greer via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > > > I, too, am in an HOA with a strict "no antennas" rule, and I, too, have a > radiant barrier blocking RF in the attic. I home-brewed a DX Commander clone > (search YouTube for "DX Commander") and put it up in the back yard. I don't > think anybody who's not a ham recognizes it as an antenna. It just looks > like a 31-foot fiberglass telescoping pole standing up in the yard. (I used > a Jackite pole from Amazon, which is typically used for flying bird-shaped > kites, as I understand it. You'll see these poles set up along the seawall > in Galveston, with various kites/windsocks attached to their tops...) > > It's been up for months, and nobody's said a word to me about it. > > My goal is to get DXCC on 100 watts on SSB before delving into CW and > digital. I've talked to hams in a bunch of DXCC entities, and, so far, I > have 36 LOTW confirmations and 2 QSL cards for my efforts. It'd be more if I > had more time to operate... > > Moral of the story: sometimes it's best to ask for forgiveness (if you > have to) than to ask for permission... > > -Jeff, W5JEF > > > ...I also have a cheap weather station that I intend to mount on top of > the PVC pipe housing my Ed Fong VHF/UHF antenna. I'll put it up, and can > claim that it's a weather station and not an antenna. There are ways to get > things up in the air, even in an HOA... > > > --------------------------------------------- > From: bapt...@comcast.net <bapt...@comcast.net> > Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2022 9:49 PM > To: w5sv.d...@gmail.com <w5sv.d...@gmail.com> > Cc: 'CTDXCC' <ctd...@lists.kkn.net>; tdxs-l...@tdxs.net > <tdxs-l...@tdxs.net>; 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' <bvarc@bvarc.org>; > gree...@hotmail.com <gree...@hotmail.com> > Subject: RE: [BVARC] Ham Radio in an HOA > > Thank you for your comments, Dave. And I really enjoyed listening to Bob > Heil on the Zoom call tonight. > > I’m just getting settled in Bryan, TX, and I’m also struggling with HOA > restrictions on external antennas. One thing I did not know (coming from > Northern Virginia) about Texas is the aluminum foil that lines my attic roof > sheeting (“heat barrier”), which turned a huge, functional open space into an > RF “vault.” We do have a six foot, wooden fence around the property line, so > I could install a longwire/dipole along the top of the fence but suffer from > a minimal height, or I could install metal gutters and tune them, or a “flag > pole” vertical is a possible third option… There are no trees on our 1/4 > acre lot. Oh, and I’m not sure if I should drill and penetrate the house’s > exterior, stone wall… or use some sort of antenna-coax “pass-through” > connectors in a window opening. > > Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. > > 73’s, > > Kevin / N4RMF > Bryan > > > From: BVARC <bvarc-boun...@bvarc.org> On Behalf Of David F. Reed via BVARC > Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2022 7:11 PM > To: CTDXCC <ctd...@lists.kkn.net>; tdxs-l...@tdxs.net; BRAZOS VALLEY > AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <bvarc@bvarc.org> > Cc: David F. Reed <w5sv.d...@gmail.com> > Subject: [BVARC] Ham Radio in an HOA > > Greetings all; I just thought I would give a quick report on my operating > within an HOA with restrictions… > > As you might guess, my antennas are severely compromised (mostly using a > terminated folded dipole in the attic while trying to get permission for an > external Carolina Windom)… > > My serious DXing is by remote base, but I have re-discovered digital > modes (primarily FT8); barefoot (expecting amplifier back from repair at the > mother ship next week), I have managed to work some 40 countries in the last > few months. > > Just thought it might be worth sharing; I encourage other frustrated > DXers in HOAs to give FT8 a try - definitely not for ragchewrs though… > > 73 de W5SV - Dave > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ >
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