First you have to use a tuner.
Gutter antenna counterpoise.
That article found its way into several ham radio publications and newsletters.
Most of the original article is still relevant but i have.
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.
Mine was a mfj travel tuner.
I went over to see what it was.
If your longwire is close you might want to try the gutter as a counterpoise ground.
Counterpoise will improve your receive its the other side of the antenna.
Counterpoise will improve your receive its the other side of the antenna.
One each for 40 30 20 and 15 meters.
I got this idea about writing about my antenna because i had one once in the condo that worked very well down to about 40 meters.
Unlike gregg s gutter antenna the spout and long horizontal section were made from plastic.
Very simple and the system worked for me.
This gutter antenna is connected via an upper roof level downspout where no personal contact is possible.
It was a half eaten slice of pizza.
The counterpoise wires are made from garden variety stranded hookup wire cut to a quarter wavelength.
I originally did a write up on it in 1994.
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.
I went back up to the roof to work out a more orderly arrangement for the counterpoise.
Pic courtesy of n6cc website.
A ham friend of mine recently asked me for the details of how i use my rain gutter and downspout as an antenna.
