I use my Super Antenna with the tripod mount. It sits about 7 feet high. I dont have the 80m kit for it but that would make it a bit taller. There is a stake mount available but I didn’t buy it because I use it in Rocky Mountain terrain. I have made contacts in Canada and South American with it when using at home in Texas.
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 24, 2022, at 5:30 PM, Rick Hiller via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hassan, > > Another way around the HOA is to use a tilt over base (DX Engineering and > others). You use a base station type vertical antenna with ground radials > and the tilt over base allows you to tilt the vertical down to ground level. > As long as you have the space to lay it over you are good to go. Not sure > the SA would fit this type of installation but a 4,5 or 6 BTV Hustler > certainly would. Keep it down during the day and at night tilt it up. > Painted appropriately you can't see it. > > Also, look thru some of the antenna books that are available. They are full > of ideas for you to build and implement yourself. Thus lowering the cost of > the high cost commercial antennas. Practical Antenna Handbook by Joe Carr. > HF Antennas for all Locations -- Les Moxon. ARRL Antenna Compendiums Vol 1 > thru 8. Vertical Antennas -- Bill Orr. Vertical Antenna Classics -- ARRL > just to name a few. > > I see that you are in a gated community with all of the street names being > "Quiet XXXX"....Holy Toledo! Your yard has plenty of room for a tilt over > situation, as far as the satellite view can see. Also looks like you have a > tile roof....how about running a loop around the perimeter of the roof with > insulated wire and feed it with coax and a 4:1 balun with a tune in the > shack. An Auto Tuner would be the best for quick band changes. Use as a > receive antenna too. Lots of ways to go, if you think about it. > > GL ES 73....Rick -- W5RH > >> On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 6:13 PM Hassan Thomas via BVARC <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> Thank you for the feedback. Curious on you Super antenna, how high does it >> sit off the ground? >> >> Thank you, >> Hassan >> >>> On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 2:14 PM Michael Hooper KI5MWJ via BVARC >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Definitely DX commander. Its not as portable as the Super Antenna. Super >>> antenna does not perform near as well. I have both. I upgraded the radials >>> for the Super Antenna and now it better but still lagging. Haven’t tried >>> the SA for 2 meters yet. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>>> On Oct 24, 2022, at 12:04 PM, Jeff Greer via BVARC <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>> >>>> I'm in an HOA as well, but I've had the DX Commander clone up for a year >>>> or so now without anybody saying anything. I don't think anybody >>>> recognizes the 31-foot fiberglass pole sticking up out of my back yard as >>>> an antenna... >>>> >>>> What I really love about it is the ability to change bands at will. I can >>>> get all of the HF bands (ok, I can only get most of 80) with the built-in >>>> tuner on my radio. It makes jumping around really quick and convenient. >>>> >>>> Before (because I was brand new and in an HOA), I just had a 71' wire >>>> strung along the eave of my house and over to a tetherball pole by a >>>> fence. I used an external tuner for that, and it worked ok. The DX >>>> Commander performs a lot better for DX, though. >>>> >>>> From: Hassan Thomas <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2022 1:44 PM >>>> To: Jeff Greer <[email protected]> >>>> Cc: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]> >>>> Subject: Re: [BVARC] Antenna Experiance >>>> >>>> Great question. I would like to use this antenna as a base antenna (HOA >>>> restrictions), fief day, POTA and SHIT. Main use is for HF! Love the >>>> added be if it of hiring the 2m band too. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 13:33 Jeff Greer <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Oooh, antenna questions! What do you hope to use the antenna for? These >>>> both appear to be multiband and portable. Anthony and I are going to urge >>>> you to consider a DX Commander antenna: https://www.m0mcx.co.uk/ >>>> >>>> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6wLPPAzu7iPDMaUeHoVvJw >>>> >>>> Anthony uses one for POTA; I use a homebrew copy at home, and put up >>>> another for JOTA the other day. >>>> >>>> From: BVARC <[email protected]> on behalf of Hassan Thomas via BVARC >>>> <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2022 1:25 PM >>>> To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]> >>>> Cc: Hassan Thomas <[email protected]> >>>> Subject: [BVARC] Antenna Experiance >>>> >>>> Happy Monday, trying to decide on a multi band antenna. Contestant #1 is >>>> the Super Antenna and contestant #2 is the buddie pole. Curious if anyone >>>> has had experience with either antenna and would share their experience? >>>> >>>> >>>> Kindest Regards, >>>> >>>> Hassan Thomas - N5MTG >>>> -- >>>> Kindest Regards, >>>> >>>> Hassan Thomas >>>> ________________________________________________ >>>> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >>>> >>>> BVARC mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >>>> Publicly available archives are available here: >>>> https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> ________________________________________________ >>> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >>> >>> BVARC mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >>> Publicly available archives are available here: >>> https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> >> -- >> Kindest Regards, >> >> Hassan Thomas >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > -- > Rick Hiller > e-mail: [email protected] > Cell: 832-474-3713 > Physical: 9031 Troulon Drive > Houston, TX 77036 > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
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