Ham Antenna In Attic

On hf wire beams can be run on the roof supports or the rafters these usually are good for one direction only but can be switched electrically for different coverage.

Ham antenna in attic.

Many hams including many of you reading this are limited by hoa or other outdoor antenna restrictions. But even if you can t put up an outdoor antenna you can still operate with antennas installed in an accessible attic space. Lots of amateurs in these situations are doing so successfully especially on hf. Viewer request to try out an antenna for ham radio in the attic.

Yes in the attic. Using the cq antennas center insulators from ke5fen. The mfj 931 could potentially be used a tuned counterpoise for your attic shortwave antenna. Even if it is mostly used by ham radio operators to solve problems while transmitting the mfj 931 should also work for a receive only purpose.

On vhf a beam antenna can work well in the attic even a rotator can be used. This is great for the amateur radio operator that is providing net control activities during a skywarn severe weather activation. Thanks david for the insulators first to comment below i ll send you an insulator in the mail.