Rain Gutter Antenna Mount

And weaker signal from such set up can be heard better in cw.

Rain gutter antenna mount.

I had great time. Over a quarter wavelength for 40 meters and almost a half wave for 30 meters. All are waterproofed and have the tuning range to match most rain gutters. A couple of years ago i had written an article on the use of my rain gutter on my home as my hf antenna.

Sirio performer 2000 pl 10m cb mobile antenna with gutter mount kit 1 offer from 79 50 bingfu vehicle cb radio mobile radio antenna mirror mount bumper roof rack pole mount fixed bracket for car truck cb radio vhf uhf ham radio amateur radio mobile radio antenna so239 female connector. However i recommend cw for such installations. 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 smartuner should be mounted as close to the feed point of the rain gutter antenna as possible.

Including the feed wire into the shack the total length is in the neighborhood of 42 feet. When installing gutters making sure you have all the right parts is key. Unlike gregg s gutter antenna the spout and long horizontal section were made from plastic. Below is a photo of a simple effective and entirely covert hf antenna.

It is the rain gutter along the front of a house. 500 hz or narrower cw filter really takes away many noises compare to wider setting of ssb voice. Gutter components a gutter system is made up of various parts and every piece is crucial to it working properly. I did use rain gutter as antenna and water pipe as ground it worked great from 160 mtr to 10 mtr.

It is 80 feet long and off center fed as a windom with a single wire lead in to a tuner. The downspout has a vertical run of approximately 16 feet connecting the horizontal rain gutter which is about 16 feet long across the front of the house. The best smartuners to use for a rain gutter antenna are the sg 230 sg 231 or the sg 237. Also less interference is created to neighbour s tv etc from cw than ssb.

This is the antenna i have been relegated to use for my hf operating. 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. Second article on the rain gutter antenna.