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   Hello Sean.   
      
      
      
    ML> It's certainly worth considering!  Antenna might get a bit tricky here   
    ML> in an apartment complex; have to check and see...   
      
    SD> There is an excellent book called "Small Antennas for Small Spaces"   
    SD> published  by the ARRL you should get.  You'd probably solve your   
    SD> problem.    
      
   I certainly will look into it!   
      
    SD> A buddy of mine just loads up the gutters on his four-story   
    SD> apartment building  at night.  Seriously.  He has a ground rod   
    SD> right next to the bottom spout and  he hooks up a modified RG-8X   
    SD> cable...works 10-160 meters with an antenna  matcher. :D   
      
   Very sneaky... And very clever!  I could probably do just that as there's a   
   downspout right next to my apartment...  Drive a rivet and a crimpable ring   
   terminal into it.  Ground rod would be an absolute must, most probably as all   
   the internal plumbing is plastic.  The ground near the downspout is almost   
   always damp so a 1 meter rod would probably suffice.  I'd have to devise a   
   method of driving it into the ground without drawing attention to me doing it.   
      
   Thoughts?   
      
    SD> I personally have loaded a small bridge on a country road before   
    SD> with 100W of  power and worked Australia with it. :P   
      
   Also sneaky and clever, but strange that the bridge would not be at ground   
   potential.  How'd you get around that?   
      
   73,   
   Marc   
      
   --- timEd/2 1.10.y2k+   
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