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