In a message dated 97-02-14 12:36:25 EST, alexenko@prairie.nodak.edu (Brent
Alexenko) writes:
>
>The biggest problem is the apartment itself and it's physical properties.
>I live in a: One bedroom (pseduo-effiency apartment)
> With: No balcony
> No attic
> No rain-gutter (heard of tuning them up!)
> No trees nearby
> No roof access (but am on third floor)
>
>Hmm...it's frustrating, but I'm determined to get this working. I can
>toss a wire out the window, but I'm not sure what the people below me
>will make of a wire across their window (hey, let's pull on this!).
>Besides, it's 25 degrees today, and that's the warmest it's been in quite
>a while. I REALLY don't want to operate with an open window. :)
Can you use some type of mast or stick to get the wire out and away from the
window?
I've done HF operations out of high-rise and other buildings (some with
balconies) where the only way out was down. In most cases, I used an auto-
or manual tuner right at the base of the antenna mast, with a counterpoise
radial. A small weight pulled the wire straight down (windy up there!) and
away from the dufus family below. Always tried to use 1/4 to 1/2 wavelength
at the lowest band used, the tuners always gave a match.
Can you drop a very long, thin wire (use stranded, appropriate color plastic)
out the window down to the ground and then (from the ground) throw it up over
the rooftop? Put a weight on the end to get it to pull taut over the rooftop.
>I've considered Isotrons, but heard that they work marginally with QRP,
>and I want to be able to work more than one band. If I can get 40 and
>higher, I'll be a happy camper. The building is in a open space, with
>nothing very close by.
What about those MFJ loops? Those cover 10-30 Mhz (continuous!) and I think
someone MFJ or AEA was coming out with a 7 Mhz and up loop? Has to be more
efficient that helicals and other short whips with L/C tuning/loading.
>In the meantime, I've been playing with my Hamsticks. It's rather funny
>looking because I've got them balanced on an old bar stool in the middle
>of the living room/kitchen. I can hear you all out there, but so far
>nothing I send out has been responded to.
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