Stealth HF Antenna The Easy Way. Post #1423.
If you can't see the video please insert this title URL into your browser search box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSioSzSiScc. If you live in deed-controlled housing governed by a HOA or CC&Rs, you may have to be creative and "stealthy" if you wish to pursue HF contacts on authorized Amateur Radio bands. In this video from rcobo 101, we get an idea of what can be done if you're determined to get on the air. This on-the-ground HF antenna was inspired by Tom Toia (K3MT) and his "grasswire antenna". You can find a full explanation of this curiously effective ground hugging antenna by going to the left hand sidebar and checking under "amateur radio antennas--theory and practice" or by searching google under "K3MT grasswire antenna." The original antenna designed by Tom used a coax feed line, a homebrewed 9:1 balun, and a ground radial wire or a copper ground rod. In the version shown by rcobo 101, the antenna used 100 feet