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.
Rain gutter loop antenna.
Classic rain gutter height loop elevated on standoffs stylized for emphasis to find out i challenged the rain gutter loop with eznec antenna modeling software.
It is the rain gutter along the front of a house.
This is the antenna i have been relegated to use for my hf operating.
Below is a photo of a simple effective and entirely covert hf antenna.
500 hz or narrower cw filter really takes away many noises compare to wider setting of ssb voice.
Unlike gregg s gutter antenna the spout and long horizontal section were made from plastic.
1 two loop heights 2 two house types and 3 several bands.
I built variations of this antenna when i lived in several rental homes on hawaii island shortly after getting my novice class amateur radio license back in 1977.
The rain gutter antenna has a vertical component approximately 25 high and extends horizontally across the roof line for 35.
All are waterproofed and have the tuning range to match most rain gutters.
Also less interference is created to neighbour s tv etc from cw than ssb.
The smartuner should be mounted as close to the feed point of the rain gutter antenna as possible.
Gutter end caps close off the ends of gutters keeping debris and water from flowing out at this point.
Running two wires at each end of the house can turn this into a horizontal loop.
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.
Other pieces include elbows gutter extensions and gutter flashing.
However i recommend cw for such installations.
This required best case and worst caswe models to encompass most house variables.
I did use rain gutter as antenna and water pipe as ground it worked great from 160 mtr to 10 mtr.
I did this back in 1981 when i lived in texas.
Over a quarter wavelength for 40 meters and almost a half wave for 30 meters.
Second article on the rain gutter antenna.
It is 80 feet long and off center fed as a windom with a single wire lead in to a tuner.
I didn t use the ground.
The complex went cable and i fed a length of coax through the old antenna hole in my bedroom to the rain gutter outside.
Gutter hangers and gutter brackets allow gutters to attach to a house s eaves offering support and strength to the front edge.
Including the feed wire into the shack the total length is in the neighborhood of 42 feet.
