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I don't know why I did but I bought the MFJ-1778 G5RV 80-10 meter dipole antenna, knowing that I won't be able to install it outside my 3rd floor apartment. So it's going to be in my room, with parasitic conductors and all. I've read that I don't have to worry about the ends as much as the side of the poles that connect to the feedline (32ft 450Ohm ladder-line) and can fold or bend them to conserve space. My questions are as follows:
1) Would it be better to tape it to the wall or to the ceiling (or a combination of both)? The dimensions of the biggest wall in my room is about 15ft wide x 10ft tall.
2) Do I still have to worry about lightning since I'm inside? If so, grounding it would be very hard. Would sticking some wire into the third prong of an outlet suffice?
3) Since I have 32ft of ladder-line, my guess is curling it to save space would affect its characteristic impedance. Is this okay as long as the antenna tuner can account for the differences? Also, since I have 32ft, I'm not going to connect any coax to it...just feed it right to the tuner, yes or no?
1) Would it be better to tape it to the wall or to the ceiling (or a combination of both)? The dimensions of the biggest wall in my room is about 15ft wide x 10ft tall.
2) Do I still have to worry about lightning since I'm inside? If so, grounding it would be very hard. Would sticking some wire into the third prong of an outlet suffice?
3) Since I have 32ft of ladder-line, my guess is curling it to save space would affect its characteristic impedance. Is this okay as long as the antenna tuner can account for the differences? Also, since I have 32ft, I'm not going to connect any coax to it...just feed it right to the tuner, yes or no?
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