my first antenna was $5 worth of radio shack wire in an end unit townhouse with a 23ft horizontal attic leg and a 45ft vertical leg feeding an open wire feed line to a balun to coax through a hole in the ceiling in a second floor bedroom shack... worked the world... now i live in a one story single family condo and have a wireless remote tuned mag loop hidden in areca palms off a patio (no one knows it is there)... alternatively i have an nvis 70ft long 10ft high gutter antenna, also totally stealth
point is: install the best antenna you can where you operate under the best of circumstances to avoid issues with regulations, ordinances, etc... enjoy and get on the air!
Hi All,
Thanks for all your input so fast.
Well I have a lot of great neighbors and there is a move a foot to oust "the no soup for you" board members.
I am going to take my technician test first and then the general.
I'm in Northern Nevada and their is a pretty nice group here which can help me a long.
My elevation is about 4700 ft. so I'll probably find a RKI to help with all things antenna. I think I'll find a installer
and I already have a conduit running up to the roof from where my shack will be. The Condo has a flat roof and there is about a
2 foot wall that runs the perimeter around the roof. That wall is about 100 feet in length so maybe running some type of antenna along the the inside of that wall would work?
Of course my other property would be ideal,but I don't know how long I'll keep that property.
Another question is how much power do you in similar situations run? I think my KWM-2A and 32S1 put out less than 200W
I don't want to draw to much attention. I'm a night owl so I could transmit mostly from 11 pm to 1 A.M. if necessary. I have several receivers so I intend
to listen alot.
I also have plenty of audio gear collected through out my life so I do listen to music quite a bit.
Thanks for all your help. appreciated.