[hackpgh-ham] Re: Indoor Antennas

  • From: "j. eric townsend" <jet@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: hackpgh-ham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 22:09:23 -0500

Yup, I can do psk31. Or at least I could a couple of months ago, I figure it still works.



On 2/21/11 22:01, Ed Paradis wrote:
I strung up a 40 meter dipole around my apartment and it tunes to
1.1:1 SWR.  I'm only running QRP levels.  Do you have a PSK31 system
setup?  I can do phone too but I'm having trouble finding a clear
spot.

On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 7:39 PM, j. eric townsend<jet@xxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
I might be in the shop Wed eve. for an hour or two, I could bring my antenna
tester if you wanted to try and do some tests.

If you want to try for some simple contacts tonight let me know.  I'm
planning scanner monkey while I do some coding work.



On 2/21/11 19:18, Ed Paradis wrote:

So again I'm trying to hammer out an antenna.  My magnetic loop works
OK for RX.  I've not made any contacts with it yet because I've not
tried very much.

If you're hesitant to build a mag loop like mine because you can't
figure out the capacitor problem, then check these out:

http://www.comportco.com/~w5alt/antennas/index.php?pg=3
http://www.comportco.com/~w5alt/antennas/index.php?pg=4

http://www.swharden.com/blog/2010-02-07-simple-diy-stealth-apartment-antenna-for-20m-and-40m/
http://www.southgatearc.org/articles/g0ftd/indoorantenna.htm

All of these are for about 10-20 watts operation indoors.  I'm going
to give one of these a shot tonight.  Maybe I can convince someone to
try a contact tomorrow after the net.

Ed




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