On Feb 12, 8:05*am, "Yuri Blanarovich" wrote:
"Swoozie Pellegrino" wrote in message

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Hi, all.

I'm about to become a General class licensee, and I'm
trying to work out a HF antenna plan for my new apartment.
I have a small balcony on the top (4th) floor, which is good,
but unfortunately there's a roof overhanging it and is
8' over the balcony floor and juts 4' out over the balcony edge,
so a tall vertical is out of the question.

What about a 'vertical' that is angled about 45 deg. down
from vertical? *Will that be good for phone DXing on any
HF band?

Also, sadly, the balcony is all metal and so is the top of
the roof.

What about some kind of loop?

Thanks!

~swooz

Try the Half Sloper if you could.
It is quarter wave wire suspended between balcony and run at about 45 deg
down to a tree or whatever. There is a good chance you will end up with 50
ohm impedance and can be fed directly with a coax, shield connected to metal
railing or door frame and center wire to the antenna. Trim to frequency.
Had one like that from the 9th floor at the hotel in Bahamas, worked very
well.

73 *Yuri, K3BU.us- Hide quoted text -

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Thanks, Yuri. Unfortunately, there's no good tree or pole to attach
to
below. There *is* a parking garage about 400 feet straight across
from
me though! LOL, would be a really long wire.

I may try the dangling wire that Rick described earlier in this
thread.
I'll just have to figure out what fraction of 20m and 40m wavelengths
that will work best with that and cut the wire(s) accordingly. I have
about 50' of height to work with.

Or maybe a MFJ-1622 clamped to the railing?
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/2035

Thanks,
~swooz