On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 20:09:29 -0400, Ron wrote:

Thanks to everyone who responded to my post. It looks like the general
consensus is to add radials if I want it to work. I suspected that all
along but I got talked into it. Dipoles have always worked great for
me.

So, now I'm toying with the idea of mounting it on the roof. The back
half of the roof has only a 3" pitch, so it's easy to work on. There
are lots of trees around to tie the radials to.

I think I will do some experimentation with adding traps in the radial
lines. Maybe I can make 6 band radials. Would that work?

I have some time to think about it. The Red Shouldered Hawk's
incubation lasts about 33 days and the young fledge in 39-45 days.
She's been in the nest for about 14 days so it could be July! Then it
might be too damn hot to work on the roof.

Of course, I consider her to be a guest of honor, things like that are
major events for some of us :-)

Could be my tiny bit of North American aboriginal blood. My spirit
bird is the Peregrine and my spirit name is "Whole in the Night Sky"
(Micmac).

73's

Ron, W1WBV ~|:-)