Installing A Ham Loop Antenna In A Garage Attic

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Installing a ham loop antenna in a garage attic.

Attics are great locations for indoor antennas. If the space allows consider mounting your antennas in the attic. If you have some sort of attic in your home apartment or condo you re in luck. If you live in a space restricted location or are under a hoa restriction you may be able to mount an antenna outside.

My attic antenna setup featuring the alpha delta dx cc antenna and my n9tax dual band 2m 70cm antenna. Installation of a wire antenna in my small attic as previously mentioned i ve recently built my first wire antenna. The one i recommend. Antennas generally perform best when they re out in the clear but there is no law that says you can t use an outdoor antenna indoors.

For example you can install a wire dipole in almost any attic space. The near vertical portion of wire 20 ft from the attic shortwave antenna to the receiver could pick up vertically polarized electrostatic interference. Another local uses an hf loop antenna tacked up around the circumference of the ceiling of a second floor bedroom. Often amateur radio operators are looking for alternative locations to install their antennas.

Unun stands for unbalanced coaxial line to unbalanced antenna. Dipole and long wire antennas can also be used with mobile outdoor style auto tuners feeding them in an attic space.