On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 21:13:51 -0500, Je Forget
wrote:

|Okay here's the deal,

Why not move? With the current sunspot situation you will have five
or more years before anything above 20 meters is useful so you will
have plenty of time to find a new QTH.

|
|I would absolutely love to put up a Log P, but lamentably my tower is only
|42' to the thrust bearing, and if I put up even the smallest Tennadyne T-6,
|the 38' (2x19') rear element would severely overhang not only the neighbors
|yard, but their house as well. (they are 24" from the lot line.)
|
|My other concern is ice. That is to say, when it ices up (as it will
|inevitably do several times each winter) the longer elements could droop to
|the point where they could strike his roof, mine, a nearby tree. (heck, the
|balance between peace among neighbors and a decent antenna system sure is
|frustrating...
|
|So, I have to keep it small, but I would like it to cover more than the
|usual 20-15-10 devices, and still have some level of performance. (gee,
|while I'm at it, let's have it defy gravity, be completely invisible, and
|guarantee a 59 copy to even the remotest corners of the globe... but
|seriously folks, I need some real life testimonials here!)
|
|I have a brand new TH3JR (purchased 5 years ago) still in the unopened box,
|but I'm thinking 'more bands' would be nice.
|
|I found a local place that has some interesting antennas, but I find few
|references to them and their performance on the web. (that's not to suggest
|they are not good devices, heck, they could be a well kept secret little
|gem.) Here's a link to the one I'm looking at:
|
|http://www3.sympatico.ca/tgmc/mq-2.html
|
|It's quite compact, and a very different configuration from anything I've
|seen elsewhere.
|
|So, what's out there that's small and yet delivers decent performance with
|20-17-15-12-10 in mind?
|
|Any helpful firsthand experience passed along would be very much
|appreciated!
|
|Pat, VE3PMK
|
|(I'm slowly getting spam under control, so please post replies here.
|Thanks!)