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Originally Posted by 2Q6412
I live in a community that doesn't allow antennas. A couple things.
Correct me if I'm wrong But I suspect a car radio type antenna (Wilson) would not be effective unless mounted on something metal so that wouldn't be good at home.
I would prefer a good half wave Base antenna with no radials that I could crank up and down as needed.
In the old days I had a 5/8 wave length vert - worked great but had 3 ground plane radials - so that wouldn't work
The simple question is What type antenna would be best for my circumstances?
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If you have some trees you could try hiding a half wave dipole antenna. It would be a better dx antenna than local, but would beat having to set it up, and take down all the time. It would be cheap to build, or buy. The Wilson would not work out unless you had a metal roof, or big metal object to put it on. Depending how far your parking space from the house is, you could always run enough coax to the car for a temporary solution.