Hello folks, while studying for my Ham license I have been listening to my Icom 746Pro nightly and have heard many conversations and also a few nets.
I have a Comet GP-3 plugged into the center port and a Radiowavz 20 meter dipole plugged into port one.
I have a 2 story house with a basement, the shack is in the basement, I have a stair case that is U shaped so the middle landing from the floor to the ceiling is about 20 feet or so. Right now the dipole is hanging from the ceiling light at the top of the stairs and the side wires slope down to the window sills, my GP-3 is mounted on the 5ft pole and mast so is about 16 feet tall with it standing on the landing straight up. Yes, the wife IS ready to kill me so I need to decide which way to go soon and then get the needed materials and do it (I need LMR400 for the rest of the run or to replace the RG8X I currently have, which isn't long enough).
Originally I was going to mount these antenna's outside, the GP-3 on the 5ft pole mounted at the peak of my roof and the 20 meter dipole just under the mast mounting using insulators and the side wires being hooked up on the down angle of the roof line 16ft in each direction also using insulators. The pole would be grounded to a sunk ground pole and also the coax would be grounded to the ground pole via MFJ lightning surge protectors.
The next option would be to mount the GP-3 in my attic on it's mast between two trusses and the dipole could be center hung in the attic with both side wires straight out, 16 feet each direction.
Problem is, 1/2 of the attic is hard to get to because of a vaulted ceiling in the master bedroom and there are truss supports all over the place, also, I have no idea how I'm going to get the wires from the shack in the basement to the attic... outside is just plain easier but the neighborhood isn't exactly open to a bunch of antenna's.
I have even considered a flag pole install, with the GP-3 on top, I'll try almost anything here.
Then I have to figure on where to out the long wire antenna after I get the ATU for it annnnnnnd after I decide which long wire to buy...
Suggestions, laughs, comments?
73's
Erik
I have a Comet GP-3 plugged into the center port and a Radiowavz 20 meter dipole plugged into port one.
I have a 2 story house with a basement, the shack is in the basement, I have a stair case that is U shaped so the middle landing from the floor to the ceiling is about 20 feet or so. Right now the dipole is hanging from the ceiling light at the top of the stairs and the side wires slope down to the window sills, my GP-3 is mounted on the 5ft pole and mast so is about 16 feet tall with it standing on the landing straight up. Yes, the wife IS ready to kill me so I need to decide which way to go soon and then get the needed materials and do it (I need LMR400 for the rest of the run or to replace the RG8X I currently have, which isn't long enough).
Originally I was going to mount these antenna's outside, the GP-3 on the 5ft pole mounted at the peak of my roof and the 20 meter dipole just under the mast mounting using insulators and the side wires being hooked up on the down angle of the roof line 16ft in each direction also using insulators. The pole would be grounded to a sunk ground pole and also the coax would be grounded to the ground pole via MFJ lightning surge protectors.
The next option would be to mount the GP-3 in my attic on it's mast between two trusses and the dipole could be center hung in the attic with both side wires straight out, 16 feet each direction.
Problem is, 1/2 of the attic is hard to get to because of a vaulted ceiling in the master bedroom and there are truss supports all over the place, also, I have no idea how I'm going to get the wires from the shack in the basement to the attic... outside is just plain easier but the neighborhood isn't exactly open to a bunch of antenna's.
I have even considered a flag pole install, with the GP-3 on top, I'll try almost anything here.
Then I have to figure on where to out the long wire antenna after I get the ATU for it annnnnnnd after I decide which long wire to buy...
Suggestions, laughs, comments?
73's
Erik
