Ham Antenna Hook For Gutters

I am a new ham and wish to mount a center fed g5rv dipole antenna under the eaves of my house where i have a 78 clear run available two stories above ground.

Ham antenna hook for gutters.

I did use rain gutter as antenna and water pipe as ground it worked great from 160 mtr to 10 mtr. And weaker signal from such set up can be heard better in cw. So i just ran an appropriate length of 18 awg speaker wire inside the plastic downspout and horizontal section sealing the ends with waterproof silicone caulk and attached the antenna segment to the main wire of some rg 8 coax while i connected the coax ground braid to buried counterpoise wires. The problem is a metal rain gutter which runs parallel to the antenna about 3 feet to the side of it.

Hi i m a new ham trying to figure out the antenna situation. 500 hz or narrower cw filter really takes away many noises compare to wider setting of ssb voice. Second article on the rain gutter antenna. I have wanted to try this for a while but never got around to it until today.

Do i just solder a wire onto the center pin on the coax and then to the gutter. The rain gutter antenna has a vertical component approximately 25 high and extends horizontally across the roof line for 35. However i recommend cw for such installations. I had great time.

Unlike gregg s gutter antenna the spout and long horizontal section were made from plastic. I was surprised that the gutter tuned up at a. Some words of caution are in order however if you plan to use your rainspout as an antenna. Rain gutter antennas work better if you use a continuous insulated wire in the gutter or along side it.

How do i physically connect the coax to the gutter. I did a quick coax run to the outside gutter and grounded the braided side then connected the feedline to an old mfj tuner. So i have my radio tuner coax running out the window to the gutter. In fact the downspout has now become my main antenna.

Also less interference is created to neighbour s tv etc from cw than ssb. I live in an apartment so i think the best thing right now is to use my gutter but i have a few questions. Make sure there is solid electrical continuity between the various sections of your downspout and gutter. Connect to the wire not the gutter.

A couple of years ago i had written an article on the use of my rain gutter on my home as my hf antenna. Also feed it up high like a dipole not as a vertical against ground.