Rain Gutter Loop Antenna

However i recommend cw for such installations.

Rain gutter loop antenna.

Unlike gregg s gutter antenna the spout and long horizontal section were made from plastic. Other pieces include elbows gutter extensions and gutter flashing. Running two wires at each end of the house can turn this into a horizontal loop. It is 80 feet long and off center fed as a windom with a single wire lead in to a tuner.

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 rain gutter antenna has a vertical component approximately 25 high and extends horizontally across the roof line for 35. And weaker signal from such set up can be heard better in cw. This is the antenna i have been relegated to use for my hf operating.

Also less interference is created to neighbour s tv etc from cw than ssb. Gutter end caps close off the ends of gutters keeping debris and water from flowing out at this point. Below is a photo of a simple effective and entirely covert hf antenna. Including the feed wire into the shack the total length is in the neighborhood of 42 feet.

I did this back in 1981 when i lived in texas. 1 two loop heights 2 two house types and 3 several bands. A couple of years ago i had written an article on the use of my rain gutter on my home as my hf antenna. I did use rain gutter as antenna and water pipe as ground it worked great from 160 mtr to 10 mtr.

The smartuner should be mounted as close to the feed point of the rain gutter antenna as possible. 500 hz or narrower cw filter really takes away many noises compare to wider setting of ssb voice. Over a quarter wavelength for 40 meters and almost a half wave for 30 meters. Maybe 8 feet of coax to my swan.

Second article on the rain gutter antenna. Gutter hangers and gutter brackets allow gutters to attach to a house s eaves offering support and strength to the front edge. I had great time. It is the rain gutter along the front of a house.

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. This required best case and worst caswe models to encompass most house variables. I didn t use the ground. All are waterproofed and have the tuning range to match most rain gutters.