On Tuesday, April 24, 2012 9:11:06 PM UTC-7, Irv Finkleman wrote:

Thusly, my goal is to provide myself with a first rate
RF ground system, entirely contained within my suite,
in order that I do not wake up at night with the fire
alarms set off and great numbers of disturbed
residents gathered around pointing at me and saying
'Ham! Ham! For Shame! For Shame!' and the Residents
Council having special meetings to decide how to deal
with me. They already think I'm crazy -- and I may be
somewhat, but I don't want to make matters worse!

So, having herein explained my rational, lets see what
help I can get in the way of producing the ideal indoor
low-cost non-radiating counterpoise radial system.

Actually, I have lots of wire for the radials, the
tuner contains a loading coil to assist in tuning
the counterpoise, and my big concern is how do
I determine when the counterpoise is operating
effectively. The metering system in the tuner should
reach a peak and subside on either side of the
correct counterpoise tuning point, and what I
really need to know is how to determine when the
stray RF is minimized if not eliminated.


Irv,

Nice to hear that you got something working and are back on the air. However I want to point out some incorrect assumptions you made earlier about RFI and stray RF from counterpoises.

The subject of radiating counterpoises in an apartment was discussed in this Usenet group a few years ago. Here is a link that provides some more info for you.

How much does a counterpoise radiate? - http://www.radiobanter.com/showthread.php?t=117807

The counterpoise you have inside your apartment will definitely radiate into the building as will the length of antenna running from the tuner to the hole in the window. In another post you said you were running QRP at 5 watts. You may not have any RFI problems with other electronics in your building at these low levels. If you crank up the power to 100 watts I don't think you will be so lucky...