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Old September 22nd 06, 01:24 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
H. Adam Stevens, NQ5H H. Adam Stevens, NQ5H is offline
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"Jim Kelley" wrote in message
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Tom Ring wrote:


I have an idea for a house that will probably never happen, but I would
like to have the group's ideas on it anyway. This will be fun.

You have a piece of city property that you managed to acquire that was
200 by 200 feet. The lot is somewhat sandy and also is whatever fill the
contractor found.

The city allows a 60 foot tower with no permit required.

You are going to build a house on this lot. Fresh design. Especially
including the

How do you build the house so that it will allow all bands on HF to work
as well as possible?

How do you build the house so that it will allow VHF/UHF handheld
communications to work as well as possible from inside the house?

At the same time, how do you meet exposure requirements for the
inhabitants.

tom
K0TAR


I'd say build a 20 story hotel on the property with a parking garage in
the basement, a great restaurant, a penthouse suite with a view to live in
and operate from, and an HF log periodic up on the roof. ;-)

ac6xg


Logs are Passe'; Use a SteppIR.
Otherwise, spot on, you even make a profit on the whole thing.

73
H., NQ5H