[CQ] city antennas

[Drew Smith]

Hey Noisebridge,

I'm new to the city, having moved from my live-aboard cruising trimaran in Mexico to take a job at a startup and save some money - we're hoping to circumnavigate, but the whole 'working over the internet' thing sucks when the internet is a scarce commodity. So, two or three years here, then I'm out.

I brought the boat ham radio though, and a tuner and a power supply. I live in a three-story apartment building in the lower Haight, I'm on the ground floor but I have easy roof access and judging by the rest of the complex nobody complains about wires running up to the roof.

My *only* experience with ham radio antennas is tuning a backstay on a sailboat, and maybe a bit of handheld stuff. The roof is wide and flat, and there are wires strewn across it - I *might* be able to get away with a short mast, but honestly I have zero experience with this stuff, so please, with any tips, explain the technology to me like I'm five years old. :)

My question to you folks is simple… what is the best budget antenna rig to build in this situation, including feeding it from my tuner, out the window and up two stories to the roof?

(radio rig: Icom IC-7000, LDG AT-7000 tuner, Icom power supply)

Cheers,
- Drew.

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Drew Smith (mux) <drew at riotnrrd.com>, VA7DSX / VE0TF
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