So I currently don't have a base-station at home. My home office is going to double as my shack, and is on the 2nd floor of my split level home. I have HF privileges, and keep hearing from the locals that I would enjoy it. At a minimum, I know there is a 10M net and a 6M net I'd like to join.
The office is on the north side of my house. I have a large mature pin oak 20' north of my window, at the edge of my large pond. There is a large mature black walnut approximately 57' N68dE of the oak and a second large black walnut approximately 72' N85dW of the oak. Looking for something "start" at the oak, where the coax will come down the trunk, get buried, to take over to the house, and go into a grounded entry before going up the side of the house and into the shack. The idea is to reserve the peak of my roof for 2M/70CM antenna. I'm still researching what rig I would buy, but its going to be 100W max probably.
I have been looking at DX Engineer's antenna options (I would love to go in, but their showroom is still closed) and am thinking of a wire/multi wire antenna. Primary bands are 6M/10M, would like 20/40 as well. I have the following questions:
1) I have a squirrel problem, that is slowing getting taken care of, but will never disappear. Are squirrels a problem with outdoor coax/wire antennas?
2) Recommendations that will look with these options?
3) I see many of the options have a bauln/transformer base that needs grounded. If the antenna is grounded at the trunk of the tree, is it as important to ground at the house too?
I will probably have more questions as I continue the planning.
The office is on the north side of my house. I have a large mature pin oak 20' north of my window, at the edge of my large pond. There is a large mature black walnut approximately 57' N68dE of the oak and a second large black walnut approximately 72' N85dW of the oak. Looking for something "start" at the oak, where the coax will come down the trunk, get buried, to take over to the house, and go into a grounded entry before going up the side of the house and into the shack. The idea is to reserve the peak of my roof for 2M/70CM antenna. I'm still researching what rig I would buy, but its going to be 100W max probably.
I have been looking at DX Engineer's antenna options (I would love to go in, but their showroom is still closed) and am thinking of a wire/multi wire antenna. Primary bands are 6M/10M, would like 20/40 as well. I have the following questions:
1) I have a squirrel problem, that is slowing getting taken care of, but will never disappear. Are squirrels a problem with outdoor coax/wire antennas?
2) Recommendations that will look with these options?
3) I see many of the options have a bauln/transformer base that needs grounded. If the antenna is grounded at the trunk of the tree, is it as important to ground at the house too?
I will probably have more questions as I continue the planning.