On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 17:34:13 -0600, James Douglas
wrote:


Now I may extend the antenna to include a piece that runs across the top
of the roof, which on my house is about 30' up in the air! Would that be
good or bad, again I have 150' around the fence that runs in the shape
of a C, what if I added a "extender" across the roof vent and ran a wire
down the to main antenna? I have heard that "higher is better"

I am also thinking about adding a two foot extension to the fence posts
so that I can get the antenna up a little higher but am wondering what
the neighbors are going to think?

I do have a balun from Erickson Enginering, which seems to help so far
although conditions have not been favorable here lately, and also have
8' copper rod pounded into the ground.

Doubling back in the same plane is probably counterproductive. I'd
get as big an ''L'' shaped configuration as I could. I'd also keep
the antenna away from the house as it probably has lots of noise
sources. Use the ''BalUn'' to match the wire to some co-ax to get the
signal into your house from a safe distance away.
http://www.hard-core-dx.com/nordicdx...ed/balun3.html

The higher the better. (That's for Steve!)