I did use rain gutter as antenna and water pipe as ground it worked great from 160 mtr to 10 mtr.
Rain gutter shortwave antenna.
Unlike gregg s gutter antenna the spout and long horizontal section were made from plastic.
The rain gutter antenna has a vertical component approximately 25 high and extends horizontally across the roof line for 35.
Trying to drive the gutter itself as an antenna is really asking for trouble.
Would looping the lead in wire around the gutter or downspout work or is a physical metal to metal connection necessary.
Second article on the rain gutter antenna.
A couple of years ago i had written an article on the use of my rain gutter on my home as my hf antenna.
This configuration has also.
Post by johnmd1022 sun jan 05 2020 7 01 pm i have limited possibilities for an antenna but ran into references to rain gutters.
I was surprised that the gutter tuned up at a.
This gutter antenna is connected via an upper roof level downspout where no personal contact is possible.
I had great time.
The results have been surprisingly good for shortwave listening using the crane ccradioswshortwave receiver.
Low profile antenna for shortwave listening the rain gutter and downspout on the back porch were tried as a random length antenna.
This all aluminum gutter is fed with coax with an unterminated shield at this end shield connected to radio ground at the other to reduce nearby computer hash from inside the house.
500 hz or narrower cw filter really takes away many noises compare to wider setting of ssb voice.
It uses only 4 wires and a unique antenna property called harmonics to get 8 bands using only 4 wires.
Also less interference is created to neighbour s tv etc from cw than ssb.
However i recommend cw for such installations.
I did a quick coax run to the outside gutter and grounded the braided side then connected the feedline to an old mfj tuner.
And weaker signal from such set up can be heard better in cw.
Stealth gutter antenna for ham radio or shortwave.
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.
Rain gutter hf antenna n6cc com above.
