Ham Radio Coax Roof Into Apartment

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Ham radio coax roof into apartment.

Reprinted with permission of the author. As an ultra beginner without a lot of investment in the hobby it was perfectly acceptable to have to climb onto the roof t. Sales supplies and service. The coax would likely get in the way of people walking by unless you are parked directly in front of your apartment and there is no sidewalk between your car and the apartment.

The best source for amateur ham radio training and information is the local radio club. Also your antenna and the coax would be easy to spot. Also your antenna and the coax would be easy to spot. Hide stuff in the closet one of the challenges you may encounter is getting the coaxial cable up into the attic.

My original plan was to make a 3 4 1 hole on the side of the house right under the arch of the roof run the cable through the attic and down the wall of the room where i want the radio. My house is a 2 story house with an unfinished attic and i was looking at getting a roof tripod mast with a 5 foot pipe and 2m vertical. Philippine amateur radio association para. Through the years i have been hearing problems from fellow hams over the air and even in personal eyeball communications about how they can organize and implement a good and effective radio frequency interference rfi.

I had several rg 58 213 and lmr 240 400 coax cables in place between the shack and attic space but instead of running more coax i decided to use a remote antenna switch in the attic to feed the 2m through 70cm beams and one discone antenna. In some cases the coax would cross part of the parking lot and people would have to drive over it. You could opt for a commercially made 9 1 unun. Urban rooftop ham radio antenna.

Install a 9 1 unun at the antenna end of the coax. The coax would likely get in the way of people walking by unless you are parked directly in front of your apartment and there is no sidewalk between your car and the apartment. The coax shield would then be properly terminated at both ends and stop being a rogue antenna. You should then make the coax shield connect properly to the pl 259 connectors at each end.

I recently put a ham radio antenna on my roof so i could get better signal inside my apartment which isn t on a high floor. Calderon du1anv makiling amateur radio society member. Unun stands for unbalanced coaxial line to unbalanced antenna.