A VHF ANTENNA FOR YOUR APARTMENT Apartment dwellers face unusual antenna problems, whether they be the installation of HF antennas or VHF antennas. Like many of you, I've resorted to using my handheld attached to a mag mount atop a refrigerator or other piece of interior metal. While this arrangement works, it can be unsightly or even dangerous. It seems Yvon Laplante, VE2AOW, has come up with an apartment antenna which is not only effective and cheap, but also disguiseable and safe. Laplante's idea can be found in the "Hints & Kinks" column of "QST" for July 2012. In Laplante's words, "I made a small dipole antenna using telescoping antennas I took from old, broken FM radios. The antenna is mounted on a...3 x 5 inch piece of Plexiglas with two suction cups. With my radio placed close to a window, I attached the antenna to the window and adjusted the two elements for 2 meters--about 19 inches. The antenna gives very good results....
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