[Waverley ARS] a window solution

[Brad Crowe]

Hello Mathias I found the product that I referred to in my earlier 
e-mail below.

Here is a link to the product on e-bay at the shop of Quicksilver 
Radio Products
http://cgi.ebay.com/PaneRelief-XL-coax-feed-through-w-2-UHF-connectors_W0QQitemZ5732721040QQcategoryZ4672QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem
(it will probably be necessary to cut and past this URL one line at a 
time into an internet browser)

73 Brad VK2CEC


>Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 22:10:26 +1100
>To: Mathias Burbach <Mathias.Burbach at bigfoot.com>, members at cactii.net
>From: Brad Crowe <bcrowe at tpg.com.au>
>Subject: Re: [Waverley ARS] Antenna Project Day
>
>Hello Mathias,
>
>I am a big fan of the Slim Jim antenna that Simon suggested for 2m.
>
>The Club sites plan includes a trimmer capacitor for tuning.  The 
>trimmer makes tuning easy but  perhaps you do not have a 
>trimmer?   - don't worry a trimmer is not essential.  There many 
>plans for Slim Jim antennas on the internet that do not use anything 
>other than coax and 300 or 450 ohm ribbon.  Two links are here:-
>         http://www.hamuniverse.com/slimjim.html
>         http://www.hamuniverse.com/2meter300ohmslimjim.html
>
>I have built a couple of these without a trimmer and have had very 
>good results.
>
>Whatever antenna you decide to use, I suggest that you try situating 
>it firstly inside and near the window, you may find this quite satisfactory.
>
>If you want to "get outside" and not drill any holes you may like to 
>try something I once did.  I selected a piece of pine wood (cheap 
>and easy to cut and drill) about 20mm X about 100mm X the exact 
>width of the window frame.  I drilled a hole in it that was large 
>enough to pass a coax connector through.  Then I placed this on the 
>(open) window cill and closed the window down onto the piece of 
>wood, thus making a "false" window cill.   I sealed up the coax hole 
>with Blue Tack.  This worked quite well and the new arrangement was 
>satisfactory at keeping out cold winter winds.  I selected a window 
>that was kept permanently shut so the piece of wood stayed in 
>position without any need for "fixing" it to the existing window frame.
>
>You will need to consider if this arrangement compromises your 
>security, as the window locks will no longer function.
>
>I got this idea from commercial versions of this "window solution" 
>for sale in the internet.  The commercial version employs two pieces 
>of perspex which slide along each other so that you can use it for 
>any width of window, they also use a variable width 
>self-sealing  "coax opening".  Sorry but I don't have the URL for one.
>
>73 Brad VK2LR
>
>
>
>
>At 04:13 PM 19/03/2006, Mathias Burbach wrote:
>>Dear WARS Members,
>>
>>I am looking forward to the project day on antennas on the 1st 
>>April 2006. Once I have passed my exam and obtained a license I 
>>would like to erect an antenna for a 2m/70cm mobile transceiver at 
>>my place. In order to discuss possible antenna setup issues in our 
>>rented place I have created some pictures of the house, the roof & 
>>the unit we are living in. The pictures are published on my private 
>>web site here:
>>http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~mathias.burbach/AntennaSetup/
>>
>>I would very much appreciate your suggestions where to place the 
>>antenna (roof, balcony, indoors, ...) and how to do the cabling 
>>(double brick walls, no obvious way to get into the building from 
>>the balcony, ...).
>>
>>Thanks for your suggestions in advance.
>>
>>Salut,
>>  Mathias
>>
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