However i recommend cw for such installations.
Rain gutter shortwave antenna.
Also less interference is created to neighbour s tv etc from cw than ssb.
It uses only 4 wires and a unique antenna property called harmonics to get 8 bands using only 4 wires.
This configuration has also.
This gutter antenna is connected via an upper roof level downspout where no personal contact is possible.
Trying to drive the gutter itself as an antenna is really asking for trouble.
500 hz or narrower cw filter really takes away many noises compare to wider setting of ssb voice.
Stealth gutter antenna for ham radio or shortwave.
I did use rain gutter as antenna and water pipe as ground it worked great from 160 mtr to 10 mtr.
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 had great time.
Second article on the rain gutter antenna.
The multiband long wire shortwave antenna a much better but more complicated antenna this antenna is end supported and designed to receive the major shortwave bands between 90 meters and 16 meters.
Unlike gregg s gutter antenna the spout and long horizontal section were made from plastic.
The results have been surprisingly good for shortwave listening using the crane ccradioswshortwave receiver.
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.
And weaker signal from such set up can be heard better in cw.
The rain gutter antenna has a vertical component approximately 25 high and extends horizontally across the roof line for 35.
Post by johnmd1022 sun jan 05 2020 7 01 pm i have limited possibilities for an antenna but ran into references to rain gutters.
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.
Low profile antenna for shortwave listening the rain gutter and downspout on the back porch were tried as a random length antenna.
Rain gutter hf antenna n6cc com above.
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.
I was surprised that the gutter tuned up at a.
