Building An Attic Sw Antenna

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Building an attic sw antenna.

I installed my first outdoor shortwave antenna a k a. Coax shield picking up interference the coax shield when not terminated at each end acts as an independent antenna. Shortwave antenna plans and links category is a curation of 54 web resources on rhombic antenna for shortwave radio broadcasting echelon log beverages hula loop antenna. All it takes is a very fine wire.

Tf a compilation in the attic antennas 1. So i want to improve this attic antenna. The shortwave antenna explained. Another part of being a shortwave listener is designing and deploying the most clever antenna possible balancing visibility reliability and performance.

However i d like to occasionally run a tecsun portable on this antenna too. One quarter 1 4 wave is the minimum height above ground for effective performance. Swl antenna back in the summer of 1971. Right now i have about 43 feet of uninsulated copper wire attached to pvc pipe as insulators drilled into attic studs.

Here are some ideas about an in the attic antenna. The second problem to solve. I can t put up some big ugly antenna. The principal radio being used on this antenna is a vintage hallicrafters with a high impedance balanced input.

It can run out the window to a tree or stapled along under the eaves or even in the attic. Finished late last night and had considerable noticeabl. Prior to our move i had been using and trying all kinds of indoor antennas since the early 60s. Dipole antennas often are the easiest to build and then turned into inverted v antennas by raising the center of the antennas up into the inverted v style.

What a difference that made. Transforming the attic random wire antenna to a loop. This is a simple homemade attic receive not transmit antenna for am and sw radio receiver channels. Attic antennas to begin with building and installing an attic antenna that helps your reception you need to take stock of your attic s measurements particularly the length of the attic at it s longest distance that you have easy access and your radio s location.