[hackpgh-ham] Re: Indoor Antennas
- From: Ed Paradis <legomaniac@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: hackpgh-ham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 22:28:52 -0500
IRC sounds good. Meet me on irc.freenode.net in #ham.
Ed
On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 10:09 PM, j. eric townsend <jet@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm on IM as "burnyourart" if you want to coordinate that way, or we could
> do an IRC channel if others are interested.
>
>
> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> J. Eric Townsend
>>> design: www.allartburns.org; hacking: www.flatline.net; HF: KG6ZVQ
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>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> J. Eric Townsend
> design: www.allartburns.org; hacking: www.flatline.net; HF: KG6ZVQ
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