Re: [IRCA] Deed Restrictions and DXing

["Chris Black" <n1cp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

In addition to clamping poles to the fence, how about those lightweight 
telescoping poles. I have one I got at Dayton for $90 that is 30' and quite 
sturdy but there are also some fishing poles that go up to 20 feet that are 
less than $15. I use the latter for portable flag antennas - See Pop Com Nov 
p-31 for picture of mine north of Boston. You could use these for a flag 
antenna ( or EWE) and during the day you could drop the poles down to fence 
level. A good way to support them is those cement bases for patio umbrellas. 
Very portable and requires no digging or construction efforts. I have also 
used the base from an old broken office chair, which with a little 
modification, makes a good base.

Chris Black
Cape Cod


PS. Of course, I like Craig's idea the best !! I hear Grayland is for sale. 
How about an IRCA DX time-share?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gil Stacy" <gilstacy@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Les Rayburn" <les@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Mailing list for the 
International Radio Club of America" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 4:51 PM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Deed Restrictions and DXing


> Les,
>
>
>
> With a 7' tall fence, you are 2/3 to ½ way up for a collapsible ewe for
> nighttime work.  Any way to clamp temporary, lightweight poles at night on
> the fence to hold up a ewe 12-15' above the ground with a 30-40' run?
> Stealthy  #26 black-jacketed Copperweld is what I use for my ewes.  The 
> camp
> commandant, Colonel Klinkette, to whom I'm married, can spot a new antenna
> in our yard a mile away, at night, in a fog bank while looking the other 
> way
> with her eyes closed.  But not the ewe and she has walked underneath it
> every day for almost two months.  It straddles the home's entrance 
> sidewalk
> 18' above, and the vertical elements parallel two sweet gum tree trunks 3'
> out to the ground.  The terminating resistor assembly is in a 3" long 
> capped
> pvc tube, covered with black tape for camouflage; it lies on the lawn and
> is tied into the water meter in the front yard for ground    The xrfrmr is
> in a small RS project box on a short ground rod.  Emboldened by its
> invisibility and performance, 3 weeks ago, I put up another alongside the
> house.  We tunnel out of here on the new moon.
>
>
>
> If you can put up a flagpole, you can put up a vertical antenna for HF. 
> You
> said bogs were out, but are temporary bogs totally out of the question? 
> Out
> at night, up at dawn, behind the house?  I use military commo wire 
> (WD-1/TT)
> for bogs,  After an unsuccessful effort in the front street gutter (the
> antenna, not me; most likely there is rebar in curb) earlier this month.
> Last night,  I ran it behind the house 500' down the dirt lane. It showed
> high promise as it performed very well.  Curiously, the Bog heard VI's 
> WDHP
> 1620 3 dB lower than the ewe, but ZIZ 555  was 3dB stronger than the ewe.
> The ewe and BOG fire the same azimuth, 118 degrees, and St. Thomas and
> St.Kitts-Nevis are roughly the same bearing (within 2 degrees) and 
> distance
> (within a 100 miles).  The Bog takes 3 minutes to roll it up on a $6
> extension cord reel I bought from HD.
>
>
>
> 73, Gil NN4CW
>
> Savannah, GA
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