Copper Gutter Antenna

Unlike gregg s gutter antenna the spout and long horizontal section were made from plastic.

Copper gutter antenna. 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. Some words of caution are in order however if you plan to use your rainspout as an antenna. In fact the downspout has now become my main antenna. Most of the original article is still relevant but i have.

Amerimax home products 6 in. The wood the gutter is mounted to should be dry and of good quality. Below is a photo of a simple effective and entirely covert hf antenna. Free delivery with 45 order.

Copper gutter model fercp6 1 52 1 52. It is the rain gutter along the front of a house. Rain gutter antennas are a very old form of stealth antenna and can be very effective but there are some other things you must consider if you want to use your gutters. That article found its way into several ham radio publications and newsletters.

Worked europe easily with no local rfi that i know of hi. I fed the gutter outside our window and laid a counterpoise on the apartment floor. During wet weather this type of antenna will usually perform very poorly. When i first moved to boston in the 80 s we were in the top floor of a brown stone with copper gutters.

A ham friend of mine recently asked me for the details of how i use my rain gutter and downspout as an antenna. K style copper ferrule for 6 in. Make sure there is solid electrical continuity between the various sections of your downspout and gutter. It is 80 feet long and off center fed as a windom with a single wire lead in to a tuner.

I originally did a write up on it in 1994. Amerimax home products 6 in. K style copper gutter model k10cp6 112 89 112 89.