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

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