Low profile antenna for shortwave listening the rain gutter and downspout on the back porch were tried as a random length antenna.
Rain gutter shortwave antenna.
And weaker signal from such set up can be heard better in cw.
Unlike gregg s gutter antenna the spout and long horizontal section were made from plastic.
I had great time.
It uses only 4 wires and a unique antenna property called harmonics to get 8 bands using only 4 wires.
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.
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.
I did a quick coax run to the outside gutter and grounded the braided side then connected the feedline to an old mfj tuner.
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.
Second article on the rain gutter antenna.
Would looping the lead in wire around the gutter or downspout work or is a physical metal to metal connection necessary.
Stealth gutter antenna for ham radio or shortwave.
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.
Also less interference is created to neighbour s tv etc from cw than ssb.
The results have been surprisingly good for shortwave listening using the crane ccradioswshortwave receiver.
This configuration has also.
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.
I did use rain gutter as antenna and water pipe as ground it worked great from 160 mtr to 10 mtr.
However i recommend cw for such installations.
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 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.
