On Mar 26, 7:31 am, "Dloyd Lavies" wrote:
On Mar 25, 10:36?pm, "Jeff" wrote:

I just bought an IC718 over the weekend, along with power supply, and
antenna tuner. ?Now the only thing I have left to decide is what to
use
for an antenna. ?Basically, I plan to use the rig for DX'ing,
ragchews, maybe (maybe**) learning CW, mostly going to do SSB/voice.
May at some point try out/experiment with some data modes (the rig
will be near my computers afterall). ?So the question is, what is a
good
choice/source (hopefully high quality/relatively inexpensive) for
antennas.

Thanks,
?-Jeff

Jeff,

A little more information would be helpful. How much area do you have
available for antennas? Any available tall trees or structures that
would be useful as supports and how tall are they?. What is the
direction orietation for the area, such as facing north/south or east/
west. Any power lines close by or other problems that may cause
safety concerns?

Dloyd

No power lines....I'm planning to put it in my backyard (well, the
backyard of the house
we're renting). No really tall trees, unfortunately...the tallest is
maybe 20ft. We have
a garage with an attached office (a room approx 15' x 10', single
story with all of
my computer stuff in it, connected to ethernet, satellite TV, AC, and
phone lines)...
Orientation is mostly open to northern sky. No other real supports in
backyard
(mostly dead grass and a couple small fruit trees)..but there is
probably plenty
of room for antennas...also we have a trellace (sp?) over the garage
with some
kind of vine-line flowering plant growing (not sure if that's useful,
but I used it to
hide some of the ethernet/satellite TV coax runs).

Thanx,
-Jeff