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     Re: Re: Options for HT radio antenna?   
     By: Ray Quinn to Nigel Reed on Thu Oct 16 2025 12:11:17   
      
    > I, too, have issues accessing my roof. Mostly phisical. I freeze when   
    > attempting to get on the ladder to come off the roof. Once on the ladder, no   
    > problem. Getting up in the roof is much easier. If I had some fixed ladder   
    > with hand-rails to assist me getting on it, it wouldn't be bad that way   
    > either.   
      
   it's more of a heat problem. When you've had 90F temps beating down for weeks   
   on end, it gets extremely hot. I've been up there once to reposition my   
   satellite dish and I really don't care for it. Not that I'm afraid of heights   
   but, as someone else said in a round about way, it's the sudden stop when you   
   hit the ground.   
      
    > If you do manage to access your roof and you want to hide any antennas, you   
    > could always run them along the roofing caps across the peak of it, whether   
    > it be shingles, tile or another material. A lot of hams do this in   
    > HOA-restrictive neighborhoods and are able to make HF contacts. Thankfully,   
    > I am not in an HOA.   
      
   No HOA here either. There's a guy a few houses down that's got all sorts of   
   anetnnas and wires hanging from his house, his fence etc.   
      
    > If you have any aluminum gutters around the outside, you can connect your   
    > coax or a simple wire from it to your SDR. Or attach something along the   
    > eaves.   
      
   Might be interesting.   
      
   I saw some telescopic poles on Amazon for under 200 which might be pretty good   
   for what I need, though getting it back up with a heavy antenna on it might be   
   a problem but for something light like a SDR antenna or a jpole shouldn't be   
   too much trouble. I'll see if its in the budget.   
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