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Posted by:  Carl/K0BZV Posted On:  08/22/01 Subject:  Re: Apartment Antennas Message Posted:     In Reply to: Re: Apartment Antennas posted by Jeff, KA1DBE/4 on 08/22/01 Carl-- I have my equipment on the second floor of a townhouse apartment and used ham sticks on 20/15/10 using the air conditioner ductwork for a counterpoise. I am now using an SGC-239 auto-coupler to a 7-1/2 foot whip for 40-10 meters. The A/C ducts are still used as the counterpoise. It works pretty well. The reduced size of the whip is to allow it to fit in the spare room with 8-foot ceilings. I have worked most of Europe on PSK with 10-watts on 10 and 20. The '239 was a bit of a bear to get working right but finally whupped it. Now, my bride has decided we should move to a bigger place so it is back to the drawing board!! Shouldn't be too bad as I now know what NOT to do when installing indoor antennas. Hope the post helped a bit and will more than happy to amplify more on the problems. BTW, N9ZRT has a very nice web page devoted to the '239 coupler. 72/73 and GUD DX de Carl - K0BZV

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