Gutter Antenna Counterpoise

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.

Gutter antenna counterpoise. I went over to see what it was. Most of the original article is still relevant but i have. One each for 40 30 20 and 15 meters. Counterpoise will improve your receive its the other side of the antenna.

The counterpoise wires are made from garden variety stranded hookup wire cut to a quarter wavelength. For good measure i attached counterpoise wires to the ground stud of the transmatch. Very simple and the system worked for me. 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.

Mine was a mfj travel tuner. Unlike gregg s gutter antenna the spout and long horizontal section were made from plastic. That article found its way into several ham radio publications and newsletters. I went back up to the roof to work out a more orderly arrangement for the counterpoise.

It was a half eaten slice of pizza. 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. First you have to use a tuner.

Apparently a bird had scavenged it from someone s trash and had put it up on the antenna coupler for safe. A ham friend of mine recently asked me for the details of how i use my rain gutter and downspout as an antenna. Pic courtesy of n6cc website. Counterpoise will improve your receive its the other side of the antenna.