Rain Gutter Antenna Mount

The smartuner should be mounted as close to the feed point of the rain gutter antenna as possible.

Rain gutter antenna mount.

It is the rain gutter along the front of a house. Also less interference is created to neighbour s tv etc from cw than ssb. The rain gutter antenna has a vertical component approximately 25 high and extends horizontally across the roof line for 35. Unlike gregg s gutter antenna the spout and long horizontal section were made from plastic.

It is 80 feet long and off center fed as a windom with a single wire lead in to a tuner. All are waterproofed and have the tuning range to match most rain gutters. Over a quarter wavelength for 40 meters and almost a half wave for 30 meters. And weaker signal from such set up can be heard better in cw.

The best smartuners to use for a rain gutter antenna are the sg 230 sg 231 or the sg 237. This is the antenna i have been relegated to use for my hf operating. Including the feed wire into the shack the total length is in the neighborhood of 42 feet. When installing gutters making sure you have all the right parts is key.

A couple of years ago i had written an article on the use of my rain gutter on my home as my hf antenna. Gutter components a gutter system is made up of various parts and every piece is crucial to it working properly. However i recommend cw for such installations. I did use rain gutter as antenna and water pipe as ground it worked great from 160 mtr to 10 mtr.

The downspout has a vertical run of approximately 16 feet connecting the horizontal rain gutter which is about 16 feet long across the front of the house. 500 hz or narrower cw filter really takes away many noises compare to wider setting of ssb voice. 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. Sirio performer 2000 pl 10m cb mobile antenna with gutter mount kit 1 offer from 79 50 bingfu vehicle cb radio mobile radio antenna mirror mount bumper roof rack pole mount fixed bracket for car truck cb radio vhf uhf ham radio amateur radio mobile radio antenna so239 female connector.

Second article on the rain gutter antenna. Below is a photo of a simple effective and entirely covert hf antenna. Trying to drive the gutter itself as an antenna is really asking for trouble.