It uses only 4 wires and a unique antenna property called harmonics to get 8 bands using only 4 wires.
Rain gutter shortwave antenna.
I had great time.
I did use rain gutter as antenna and water pipe as ground it worked great from 160 mtr to 10 mtr.
This configuration has also.
I did a quick coax run to the outside gutter and grounded the braided side then connected the feedline to an old mfj tuner.
The results have been surprisingly good for shortwave listening using the crane ccradioswshortwave receiver.
Unlike gregg s gutter antenna the spout and long horizontal section were made from plastic.
This gutter antenna is connected via an upper roof level downspout where no personal contact is possible.
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.
Trying to drive the gutter itself as an antenna is really asking for trouble.
I have wanted to try this for a while but never got around to it until today.
Post by johnmd1022 sun jan 05 2020 7 01 pm i have limited possibilities for an antenna but ran into references to rain gutters.
Stealth gutter antenna for ham radio or shortwave.
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.
The rain gutter antenna has a vertical component approximately 25 high and extends horizontally across the roof line for 35.
500 hz or narrower cw filter really takes away many noises compare to wider setting of ssb voice.
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 was surprised that the gutter tuned up at a.
Rain gutter hf antenna n6cc com above.
Would looping the lead in wire around the gutter or downspout work or is a physical metal to metal connection necessary.
However i recommend cw for such installations.
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.
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.
