My antennas are all hidden in my attic space. Home built sleeve dipoles and a log periodic.
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Hello, I am new to amateur radio, but a lifelong electronics enthusiast and formally trained engineer. Just because one’s antenna is visually hidden, that does not mean that ‘the man’ can find a station transmitting almost immediately. Correct?
It would be expensive and have to be for a pretty good reason. Keeping things hidden means no neighbors know.
The FCC knows if you have kept your license current, but there are so many, and again, why would they bother? There are legions of kids and soccer moms on FRS radios yammering away. A ham could always just jump on one of those frequencies and get lost in the traffic. Hint, hint.
HF is very hard to find, when used sparingly.
They’d have to do a near field intercept and station in person inspection to prove the signal came out of your equipment. Unless you’re threatening the POTUS or attempting to jam some biggov site, don’t worry about it.