<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">David,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I wouldn't think that a dipole of any kind would put too much of a strain on your chimney. Even with the balun, that one only weighs 1.2lb (per DX Engineering - <a href="https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/mfj-2010">https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/mfj-2010</a>). </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Since whatever you use as a mount will weigh more than the antenna, just be sure to use a lightweight mount.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Disclaimer - this only my opinion. I've never mounted an antenna on a chimney before.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Thanks,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Karl</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">W5KMB</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 12:43 PM David Mehl via BVARC <<a href="mailto:bvarc@bvarc.org">bvarc@bvarc.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am a new ham and a club member since I passed my Tech last August at the BVAC testing. I have also passed both my General and Extra exam about a month ago. I am working on setting up a HF radio for home. I have a ‘backordered’ IC-7300
which may show up one day. In the mean time, I am trying to plan for my HF antenna that will fit on my small lot. I think I can run an 40-20-10-6 OCFD (*MFJ-2010) in a slope from a tree in my front yard, with the feed point hung off a mounted on chimney,
and then on to a post above my fence in my backyard. I don’t have any trees in my backyard. Instead I have power lines across the back of the lot that I have to avoid.
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<p class="MsoNormal">I keep reading various comments and warnings about using a chimney for a mount. My chimney is in good repair, having been inspected and repaired during my home rebuilt after being flooded during Harvey.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Is the center of the OCFD a light enough load to consider using my chimney as a center mount? Is there a right way to do that? Or should I ‘bite the bullet’ and setup a pole beside the chimney?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Any other antenna advice for a novice?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">David Mehl / Houston Texas USA /
<a href="mailto:dcmehl@live.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">dcmehl@live.com</span></a>
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