End Fed Gutter Antenna

The automatic antenna coupler is designed for use with end fed unbalanced antennas such as whips and long wires.

End fed gutter antenna. Of all the things in this hobby antenna design and use is the most fun for me. The links at the end of the article are really good idea joggers. Including the feed wire into the shack the total length is in the neighborhood of 42 feet. Next run our jumper wire from the top of the alpha match and clip it onto your gutter make sure the jumper wire is not laying on or touching the ground.

Rain gutter antenna an end fed multiband antenna larry nelson k5ijb. Rain gutter which is about 16 feet long across the front of the house. Place any metal rod that is between 3 8 to 1 inch in diameter into the ground then slip our top of mast mount over it. Take a brillo pad to the feed point tap.

An additional advantage is that the antenna can easily be polarized vertically. An advantage of end fed antennas is of course the simplicity especially for fieldwork this is a huge advantage. The point of course is stealth. Also if you have a non aluminum gutter plastic you can snake wire inside as well and load that.

In hopes of finding a low profile antenna for shortwave listening the rain gutter and downspout on the back porch were tried as a random length antenna. The results have been surprisingly good for shortwave listening using the crane ccradiosw shortwave receiver. Over a quarter wavelength for 40 meters and almost a half wave for 30 meters. You are on air within 5 minutes.

It can be configured to be used with dipoles and inverted vees as well.