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Imax 2000 only 7' off ground??

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.
 
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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:whistle:
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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. :whistle:
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?
 
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 .
 

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