Rain Gutter Antenna Mount

It is 80 feet long and off center fed as a windom with a single wire lead in to a tuner.

Rain gutter antenna mount.

Gutter components a gutter system is made up of various parts and every piece is crucial to it working properly. 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. Lowe s is here to supply you with all the tools and supplies you need to ensure your rain gutters do what they re supposed to do once they re up.

A couple of years ago i had written an article on the use of my rain gutter on my home as my hf antenna. And weaker signal from such set up can be heard better in cw. Also less interference is created to neighbour s tv etc from cw than ssb. When installing gutters making sure you have all the right parts is key.

Trying to drive the gutter itself as an antenna is really asking for trouble. 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. This is the antenna i have been relegated to use for my hf operating. Unlike gregg s gutter antenna the spout and long horizontal section were made from plastic.

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. Below is a photo of a simple effective and entirely covert hf antenna. I had great time. 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.

However i recommend cw for such installations. Including the feed wire into the shack the total length is in the neighborhood of 42 feet. Over a quarter wavelength for 40 meters and almost a half wave for 30 meters. 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. Second article on the rain gutter antenna. All are waterproofed and have the tuning range to match most rain gutters.