[Leica] Antenna vs. roof

[sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)]

I think I'd just stick the antenna on the mast and give it a try, maybe run
the leads loosely to the radio, until it seemed to work or not.
Radio waves do amazing tricks sometimes.

Regards,

Sonny
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Natchitoches, Louisiana
1714
Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase

USA


On Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 9:00 PM Peter Klein via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> This is sort of off-topic, but does involve photography. Is the top of
> my roof tower a bit higher than my neighbor's roof, as it appears to be?
> Or does my iPhone 7 camera's distortion or where I stood make the
> picture meaningless? This is significant because I'm thinking of putting
> up a directional antenna for VHF (ham radio), and having a unobstructed
> view of the horizon is very desirable.
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/temp/IMG_1036RoofAntennas-w.jpg.html
> >
>
> If you know of a reasonably easy way to determine this without expensive
> surveyor's tools, please tell. ("Brother, can you spare a Theodolite?")
>
> Background:  When the roof tower was installed, the house on the left
> was a one-story rambler. Now it's a McMansion.
>
> --Peter
>
>
>
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