Imax 2000 only 7' off ground??

[codeman]

I live in a townhouse with a patio area. I have a hoa antenna restriction as well.
I have a vertical dipole antenna. It's two fiberglass antennas mounted on a painter's pole with a mfj mount. I can raise the pole up to 12 feet.
It work pretty well for talking dx. Locally I can talk to real base station on sideband about 50 miles or so from me. On am it only gets out about 7 miles to mobile radios.

 

[357magnum]

Funny this post is up . My friend had tree cutters a few days ago put his Imax 70' to the base of antenna in a pine tree ! They left he never checked it when they were there now ...he thinks he has a bad solder joint 70' in the air ! Oh well check , check and recheck !jmo

 

[psycho]

Imax mounted 7 ft off the ground is hilarious, good luck with that! LOL
Since you live in a HOA mobile home park, it would be best to follow the rules you agreed on ,when you moved in.

 

[CB590]

Decided to just put up a top rail and half.. about 15' vertically near the deck post then mount Imax to that.. try to get near at 18' at least..

 

[CB590]

Grabbed 2 top rail today.. maybe Tuesday for putting up..

 

[sp5it]

Why not to move to more civilised area?
Mike

 

[undertaker]

Why do you always have to be so negative?

 

[Riverman]

Imax mounted 7 ft off the ground is hilarious, good luck with that! LOL

Mudfoot was right.
Time to get out the umbrellas.

 

[Big Kahuna]

I've run a 102" mounted to a metal rod in the ground at 4' height and made DX contacts around the world. You never know. I was in a similar housing situation and had a A99 mounted to a 10' top rail pipe and I would lay it down in the back yard during the day and stand it up at night and used a bungee to hold it up against the fence. Worked great.

 

[w9cll]

My Hustler 4BTV is only 3 feet off the ground.

 

[L2]

I knew a guy who is a silent key now but he had one in his picnic table where the umbrella goes. He lived on a hill and got out good, even made dx contacts when conditions permitted. I say go for it but keep in mind the higher the better.

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

I wonder how an antenna tuner hooked to my steel roof would do?

 

[543_Dallas]

My mobile antenna is 7 feet long and mounted less than 7 feet above ground level. It seems to work but maybe I need to mount a tower to the truck.

 

[JoeDirt]

My mobile antenna is 7 feet long and mounted less than 7 feet above ground level. It seems to work but maybe I need to mount a tower to the truck.

My 5' Firestik has never failed me making contacts in the mobile...... Many times its was better than the base on skip from 500-1000 miles. Im assuming the shorter skip preferred the higher takeoff angles?

 

[357magnum]

Shadetree , a member here ( not very active lately ) Hobie102 started out with a 102" whip mounted on his steel roof , after he worked out a few bugs he did very well from Vt. during the last " Good" Dx cycle . That started it all he's now a ham op , GMM 1 " The Green Mountain Maniac " He's built a lot of antenna's since then and it all started with dialing in that whip . You should check out his Vid's on Youtube . Good Friend of mine and it started here ... WWDX .