QuoteWith my available space, a dummy load might be the answer
Don't despair OM, Some years ago I temporarily lived in a small flat on the 6th floor in Oslo. The only place to put an antenna was on a very small balcony. First I tried with a small vertical, mounted on the ballcony rail. But the noise produced by all the TV's, PC's and modems in the building (162 flats...), effectively stopped me from doing any radio work. The only station I was able to hear, was located 500 meters away...
But then I rememberred an article in SPRAT Magazine describing a magnetic loop antenna. I made one, very similar to this description by GM3MXN: http://www.zerobeat.net/g3ycc/loop.htm.
Almost all noise was gone, and beeing a QRP-freak, my 3.5W homebrew transceiver did not even make TVI to my own TV located only one meter away , inside the window... Had a lot of contacts on 40m and 20m, mainly into Europe, plus one into Bombay...
So maybe a loop can be the solution for you?
QuoteLovely to see someone using Creative for yet another application it's ideally suited for.
I have always used Creative Basic for applications like this. Its the perfect tool for quick development, and for testing new ideas...
QuotePersonally I don't like contests - too much like pollution of the valuable airspace
Must admit that I have been doing a few contests, but now there are just too many of them. Making it almost impossible to go on the air during the weekends. And the fact that most administrations now allow hams to use kW output makes the situation still worse.
So when the discussion runs dry on the club meetings, I use to say, whithout adressing anyone particular, that high power transmitters are for sissies.
Real hams use QRP.
That always works. ;D ;D