Ham Antenna In Attic

But even if you can t put up an outdoor antenna you can still operate with antennas installed in an accessible attic space.

Ham antenna in attic.

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. This is great for the amateur radio operator that is providing net control activities during a skywarn severe weather activation. On vhf a beam antenna can work well in the attic even a rotator can be used. Even if it is mostly used by ham radio operators to solve problems while transmitting the mfj 931 should also work for a receive only purpose.

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. Thanks david for the insulators first to comment below i ll send you an insulator in the mail. Using the cq antennas center insulators from ke5fen. Again stay away from metal and wires to maintain your pattern.

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. The mfj 931 could potentially be used a tuned counterpoise for your attic shortwave antenna. Viewer request to try out an antenna for ham radio in the attic.