Ham Radio Gutter Antenna

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Ham radio gutter antenna.

Unknown sunday march 29 2020 at 11 54 00 am hst. This article was subsequently published in about 3 or 4 ham radio club newsletters and journals. No antenna that is good on 160 meters is good on 10 meters. Very simple and the system worked for me.

If your qth is somewhat limited with respect to antennas may you find some inspiration here. World s largest supplier of amateur radio ham radio and communication equipment. In all actuality the best antenna a person can use is one that is resonate on the frequency you desire to transmit on. A simple technical look at an hf horizontal loop of.

Sales supplies and service. Most of the original article is still relevant but i have. The results have been surprisingly good. That article found its way into several ham radio publications and newsletters.

A ham friend of mine recently asked me for the details of how i use my rain gutter and downspout as an antenna. Wire strung around your house at rain gutter height plus. Pic courtesy of n6cc website. But which ones are worth the effort.

12 mtrs deep they often can hang one wire of about 15 or 18 mtrs long into the back of their gardens. Amateur radio ham radio rain gutter antennas. Mine was a mfj travel tuner. I have used a rain gutter antenna since my condo days in fl.

First you have to use a tuner. I no longer live in a condo or in fl but i m using a gutter at my new qth and it is working quite well. Even if it is close the transmatch looses about 10 of the signal inside of the device. I originally did a write up on it in 1994.

I got this idea about writing about my antenna because i had one once in the condo that worked very well down to about 40 meters. This gutter antenna is connected via an upper roof level downspout where no personal contact is possible. By john portune w6nbc. The classic rain gutter loop antenna is it any good.

A few of my radio friends use the gutter as a cointerpoise to their wire antenna as in the netherlands houses are often build in a row with often 10 or more houses under one roof. Compromise disguise antennas are no strangers to hams especially on hf.