[HQRP] HQRP HamCom 2003 Talks -- Info needed

[K5BDZ@aol.com]

Stealth antenna?

When I first moved to Houston, some 31 years ago, I was running a barefoot 
HT-37  (80 watts SSB) and Drake 2B receiver.  In the apartment no antennas 
were allowed. So,  STEALTH..........
I took some dark colored enameled #26 magnet wire (approx 36 feet), tied one 
end to a silver-dollar sized washer and flipped it over the 2nd story rooftop 
over our two story apartment (no insulators, no tie-off, just 
lie-flat-on-the-roof).  The other end I brought into an L network inside the 
first floor bedroom window.  Ground was a 3' ground rod (covered with 
disguising mud) also with dark wire into window and to L network ground.

First 20 meter SSB contact on Saturday morning was Guam.... then 2nd contact 
30 minutes later was Israel.  5x9 in each instance with reg-chew qso about 
the antenna, etc.

Stealth DOES NOT MEAN if "you can't see it it won't work".... Stealth merily 
means that even though you can't see the antenna it CAN work and often does 
surprisingly well!   To quote the unoriginal but oft loved K5QLF, KISS!
Bill K5BDZ


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