The results have been surprisingly good.
Hf antenna rain gutter.
Wb3gck after years of trying to come up with a good way to get on the hf bands from my little townhouse without attracting a lot of attention from my neighbors i started experimenting with using my aluminum rain gutter and downspout for an antenna.
Rain gutters are notorious for having poor electrical contacts at joints that act as diodes and cause severe tvi merely because an antenna is near them.
Compromise disguise antennas are no strangers to hams especially on hf.
It is 80 feet long and off center fed as a windom with a single wire lead in to a tuner.
Unlike gregg s gutter antenna the spout and long horizontal section were made from plastic.
Wire strung around your house at rain gutter height plus.
The rain gutter antenna has a vertical component approximately 25 high and extends horizontally across the roof line for 35.
So here s an updated description of my downspout antenna.
It is the rain gutter along the front of a house.
My hf rig is an icom 745 and a dentron transmatch running 100w but my antenna system is a little unusual though.
By jack ciaccia wmøg.
I built variations of this antenna when i lived in several rental homes on hawaii island shortly after getting my novice class amateur radio license back in 1977.
The classic rain gutter loop antenna is it any good.
Below is a photo of a simple effective and entirely covert hf antenna.
A simple technical look at an hf horizontal loop of.
Second article on the rain gutter antenna.
From my new super stealthy hf radio setup.
After i moved to my.
A couple of years ago i had written an article on the use of my rain gutter on my home as my hf antenna.
The smartuner should be mounted as close to the feed point of the rain gutter antenna as possible.
By john portune w6nbc.
100 watts into a rain gutter.
I decided i would give the arrl international cw dx contest a try.
After years of trying to come up with a good way to get on the hf bands from my little townhouse without attracting a lot of attention from my neighbors i started experimenting with using my aluminum rain gutter and downspout for an antenna.
All are waterproofed and have the tuning range to match most rain gutters.
But which ones are worth the effort.
