Have to say I like what you did Dunc! Elegant and sounds like it's effective to boot!
73, Julius Dunc Carter - W5DC wrote: > > See: > > http://vibrotek.com/w5dc/w5dcant.html > > It's not exactly what you asked for but it might give you some useful > ideas. The WARC bands and 80 meters are not shown in these early > pictures. The upper half of 80 meters is a wire that's parallel to the > wire until it reaches the pole where it then goes up and over the > townhouse to a short fiberglass pole mounted in a vent pipe and then > down toward an enclosed patio. The wire is bare, stranded, #26 copper > clad steel and seems to survive well ( winds to 80 mph so fan plus > several snow storms up to 2 feet) as long as you don't kink the wire > during assembly. The lower half of the 80 meter wire is parallel to the > 40 wire and includes a coil under the deck at it's midpoint. It's been > good for 112 dxcc entities since summer; best/longest distance on 80 so > far is DS1REE. > > Dunc, W5DC > > Frank MacDonell wrote: >> I am looking for an antenna to work 6 thru 80 meters in a condo >> development. I presently own a k3/10. >> >> Stealth is a very strong consideration. It seems that a SteppIR >> Vertical or Hi Q antenna would make sense. Does anyone have experience >> with these two antennas for this type of application? Thanks you for >> your time and expertise. >> >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ----- Julius Fazekas N2WN Tennessee Contest Group http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html Tennessee QSO Party http://www.tnqp.org/ Elecraft K2/100 #4455 Elecraft K3/100 #366 Elecraft K3 #1875 -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Hi-Q-versus-Vertical-tp4246657p4250576.html Sent from the [HAM] mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
