On Feb 12, 8:05*am, "Yuri Blanarovich" wrote:
"Swoozie Pellegrino" wrote in message

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Hi, all.

I'm about to become a General class licensee, and I'm
trying to work out a HF antenna plan for my new apartment.
I have a small balcony on the top (4th) floor, which is good,
but unfortunately there's a roof overhanging it and is
8' over the balcony floor and juts 4' out over the balcony edge,
so a tall vertical is out of the question.

What about a 'vertical' that is angled about 45 deg. down
from vertical? *Will that be good for phone DXing on any
HF band?

Also, sadly, the balcony is all metal and so is the top of
the roof.

What about some kind of loop?

Thanks!

~swooz

Try the Half Sloper if you could.
It is quarter wave wire suspended between balcony and run at about 45 deg
down to a tree or whatever. There is a good chance you will end up with 50
ohm impedance and can be fed directly with a coax, shield connected to metal
railing or door frame and center wire to the antenna. Trim to frequency.
Had one like that from the 9th floor at the hotel in Bahamas, worked very
well.

73 *Yuri, K3BU.us- Hide quoted text -

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I think that I'm going to start with this idea, since I have
a radio coming in the mail and would like to do the simplest
and cheapest up front to get the radio tested out. I have
a few questions:

1. After I wire up the antenna & coax as described above,
can I do my trimming to frequency by using only the radio's
SWR meter, or do I need an external tuner at the wire?

2. This radio can output 100W on HF. Can't this setup
with a 10m length of 26-gauge magnet wire handle
this?

3. I may need to run up to 30' of coax. What type should
I buy?

Thanks for all the help!
~swooz