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To: Magnum44
So I am getting back to your antenna comment. For the 10 meter (tech license level) HF, what are some options for antenna that wont get neighbors (or HOA Karens) up in arms? Is there such a thing as low profile or easy deploy and stow? Do I need to have directional steering?

HOA's are always a problem. (Unless you have a friendly board). Some sort of a wire antenna maybe like a center fed 1/2 wave dipole fed using 50 ohm coax such as RG-8U. At 28.400 Mhz (center of the 28.3-28.5 Mhz band) the antenna works out to be only 16.47 feet long. Length of the antenna in feet is equal to 468 divided by the operating frequency in Mhz. Always good to check the SWR (standing wave ratio) with an antenna analyzer.

115 posted on 01/05/2021 1:53:00 PM PST by teletech (you)
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To: teletech

You can use a loop antenna. HOA’s and Ham Radio folks have been tilting for a while. I thought I heard that this has been settled in favor of the Hams.

https://www.dxengineering.com/search/part-type/limited-space-small-loop-antennas

These should pass muster, and you can dress them up with ridiculous fabric covers or something.


118 posted on 01/05/2021 2:00:05 PM PST by RinaseaofDs
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