Hf Antenna Rain Gutter

From my new super stealthy hf radio setup.

Hf antenna rain gutter.

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. 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. The best smartuners to use for a rain gutter antenna are the sg 230 sg 231 or the sg 237.

Second article on the rain gutter antenna. My hf rig is an icom 745 and a dentron transmatch running 100w but my antenna system is a little unusual though. Trying to drive the gutter itself as an antenna is really asking for trouble. 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.

After i moved to my. The results have been surprisingly good. Some novel loop disguise techniques. I decided i would give the arrl international cw dx contest a try.

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 classic rain gutter loop antenna is it any good. Below is a photo of a simple effective and entirely covert hf antenna. Compromise disguise antennas are no strangers to hams especially on hf.

All are waterproofed and have the tuning range to match most rain gutters. A simple technical look at an hf horizontal loop of. But which ones are worth the effort. 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.

It is the rain gutter along the front of a house. The rain gutter antenna has a vertical component approximately 25 high and extends horizontally across the roof line for 35. By jack ciaccia wmøg. Wire strung around your house at rain gutter height plus.

100 watts into a rain gutter. By john portune w6nbc.