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A Cheap Indoor Dipole for 80m-15m. Post #1668.

A Cheap Indoor Diple for 80m-15m. Post #1668. https://appalachianow.wordpress.com/2012/03/15-a-cheap-dipole-for-80m-15m. Author:  Josh Benson (NC4JB). Accessed on 05 November 2018, 0052 UTC, Post #1668. Please click link to read the full article by Josh. Comment: If you live in deed-restricted housing, you will recognize Josh's dilema.  Josh says he was compelled to consider an indoor dipole because he has "a townhouse with no attic, no basement, and a postage stamp yard, and putting antennas outside is entirely out of the question."  Does this sound familiar?  I faced this situation a few times during my amateur radio "career". Josh overcame the problem with an antenna that was out of sight, out of mind--namely an indoor dipole that fit the contours of his home and still produced acceptable results. In this post, Josh describes how he solved the antenna problem without violating the HOA/CC&R provisions of his home ownership.  Josh says the