I did a quick coax run to the outside gutter and grounded the braided side then connected the feedline to an old mfj tuner.
Ham antenna hook for gutters.
The problem is a metal rain gutter which runs parallel to the antenna about 3 feet to the side of it.
In fact the downspout has now become my main antenna.
Also feed it up high like a dipole not as a vertical against ground.
Stealth gutter antenna for ham radio or shortwave.
Make sure there is solid electrical continuity between the various sections of your downspout and gutter.
500 hz or narrower cw filter really takes away many noises compare to wider setting of ssb voice.
I did use rain gutter as antenna and water pipe as ground it worked great from 160 mtr to 10 mtr.
Also less interference is created to neighbour s tv etc from cw than ssb.
Hi i m a new ham trying to figure out the antenna situation.
So i have my radio tuner coax running out the window to the gutter.
I live in an apartment so i think the best thing right now is to use my gutter but i have a few questions.
Make sure your gutter and downspout are isolated from ground.
Rain gutter antennas work better if you use a continuous insulated wire in the gutter or along side it.
Second article on the rain gutter antenna.
I am a new ham and wish to mount a center fed g5rv dipole antenna under the eaves of my house where i have a 78 clear run available two stories above ground.
And weaker signal from such set up can be heard better in cw.
However i recommend cw for such installations.
Do i just solder a wire onto the center pin on the coax and then to the gutter.
Unlike gregg s gutter antenna the spout and long horizontal section were made from plastic.
I ve always fed gutter antennas from the bottom of a downspout using a coax pigtail one end with an so 239 uhf connector same as what s on the back of most ham cb radios center of the coax going to the gutter and braid going to a nearby grounding point of some kind either a ground rod worst case scenario radials better or groundrod with radials best option.
Some words of caution are in order however if you plan to use your rainspout as an antenna.
How do i physically connect the coax to the gutter.
Connect to the wire not the gutter.
I have wanted to try this for a while but never got around to it until today.
I had great time.
I was surprised that the gutter tuned up at a.
