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Ham antenna for attic.
Many hams including many of you reading this are limited by hoa or other outdoor antenna restrictions.
On vhf a beam antenna can work well in the attic even a rotator can be used.
Again stay away from metal and wires to maintain your pattern.
A second advantage to mounting the antenna in the attic is that you will be protected from lightning strikes in the event of severe weather.
The mfj 931 could potentially be used a tuned counterpoisefor your attic shortwave antenna.
But even if you can t put up an outdoor antenna you can still operate with antennas installed in an accessible attic space.
Viewer request to try out an antenna for ham radio in the attic.
For best results you would first tune the receiver to the frequency you.
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On hf wire beams can be run on the roof supports or the rafters these usually are good for one direction only but can be switched electrically for different coverage.
The house will act as a natural shield and as long as your attic mounted antenna system is independent to the rest of your antennas lightning won t be an issue.
Yes in the attic.
This is great for the amateur radio operator that is providing net control activities during a skywarn severe weather activation.
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