Been new house 6mo yet to put up antenna!

[fleef]

I used to complain about living in a condo, and not being able to place antennas where I want them. I used to be an avid SW/MW/LW listener as well- actually, any kind of DXing and "I'm there".

I was so anxious to move to a house, so I could put up any antennas and my satellite wherever I wanted! I've been here about six months- and have I set any outdoor antx yet? No!

I have plenty of wiring of all kinds, just to name a few off top of my head? RG6, telephone wiring, some speaker wire, and ApexRadio "303WA-2" large outdoor whip, 30kHz -30 MHz. I have Ku-band sat system too- I have other un-identified antenna of different types, so What the Heck am I waiting for?

It has been extremely hot in Arizona where I am for one, it was 120F plus this summer and frankly the heat makes me very nauseated and red in the face when I go outdoors, so I could not bear any of it-
but now the weather is pleasant so there should be No Excuses. I should be excited already- why am I not? I have receivers galore, that have not been powered in in what seems like eons. I am in a relatively RFI-quiet area, too- all residential and some small farms- no Tesla coils or weird transmitters or tall buildings nearby.

I have a great big yard, and the kind of neighbors who mind their own business.

Just reading the threads on Log Your SW Frequencies Here, I see propagation is great tonight. That used to wake me from a coma, to hear of good propagation. Wish me luck, and send good vibes my way to hopefully psych me up into getting those antennas up!

 

[ridgescan]

GOOD "GET YER AZZ OUT THERE N GIT 'ER DONE ALREADY" motivational vibes sent your way

 

[WA8ZTZ]

At least get that 303WA-2 installed, it will give you good coverage from LW through HF.
You just ran out of excuses.

 

[edweirdFL]

Setup a temporary antenna in the yard and start using it....

 

[jaymot]

I know just what you need:

 

[Boombox]

Even a decent length random wire should be easy enough to erect, just to get the antenna juices flowing.

Good luck.

 

[ridgescan]

Even a decent length random wire should be easy enough to erect, just to get the antenna juices flowing.

Good luck.

No doubt! Fleef, if you need further push to get an antenna up, we need your listening station to add logs and observations from your zone of the country. No SWLs down that way!

 

[jaymot]

There you go, Fleef. You have people asking for your reception reports, and if you were waiting until you got a round tuit you now have one. No excuses!