[Antennas] Receiving Antenna

Thu Apr 3 10:28:12 EDT 2014

What's the spacing on the oaks? A 40m horizontal loop (about 35' a side 
as a square) should be easy on 1/4 acre, an 80m loop may fit depending 
on where your trees are. Use a surf casting rod with 2oz of lead to get 
the ropes in the trees to pull up the wires..
73, Ross N4RP
On 4/3/2014 10:18 AM, David C. Hallam wrote:
> I am looking for suggestions for a receiving antenna. I live on the 
> typical 1/4 acre city lot but have 8 large Live Oak trees. 
> Consequently, I have no place to put a tower and any sort of an 
> elevated antenna is a real challenge. I could use a small roof mounted 
> beam but living in coastal FL I do not want to mount anything to the 
> roof. I have a narrow strip of land on the side of the house and am 
> using a ground mounted vertical antenna, Butternut HF6V, with a 
> reasonable buried radial system. It seems to preform reasonably for 
> transmitting but receiving is another matter.
>> What might be some good ideas?
>> David
> KW3DH
>
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