Radio Qrp

I am a licensed amateur radio operator living in an apartment. How can I work HF with no roof access?

Last year, I moved to a two story apartment. As part of their extensive list of rules, I’m not allowed to “attach” anything to my balcony (Anything they could see in the daytime….) nor do I have access to the roof. What suggestions does anyone have? Is QRP my best option? I’m concerned about RFI with my neighbors, so 100 watts or more is probably out of the question.

100 watts is definately possible and it has been done successfully by many hams in your situation. You could make invisible antenna by using a very thin wire, such as 24 guage magnet wire. Construct a dipole and find a creative way to hang it outside. Trust me… it can’t be seen. Don’t use any insulators but use very thin fishing wire. They are insulators themselves. One caution is, at the end of the dipole, high voltage will develop. Make sure to keep it out of reach for people.

There are too many ways to do what you want – your best bet is to go to ham radio outlet and purchase antenna books. I believe there are books available for ARRL that specifically talks about compromise antenna.

As far as RFI is concerned, it is definately possible. If you do not want to deal with it, you could do QRP. 10 watts maybe.

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