BIG REDS ANTENNERZ (enjoy)

[bigred222]

Heres mine my 48'' fiberglass is on the other side ill take a picture of it today when i get home. The 66'' is the closer one and the other one in the back is another mobile i use for road trips i was using it because i thought my radio was broken but as it turns out the 66'' wasnt grounded worth a darn. HAHA Newbie blues. Ill get it someday.

 

[BIONIC_TEXAN88]

i ground plane might help ya get out better

 

[mackmobile43]

i ground plane might help ya get out better

Can't you see he's using the gutter as counterpoise>?

 

[Slim]

Can't you see he's using the gutter as counterpoise>?

That's exactly what I did for about 1 year. It worked great for me at the time. Talked to the locals anywhere from 3-30 miles away!Great standing wave too.
Even had my fun with DX on SSB(using a Robyn SB520D).I've still got that mobile antenna out in the shed.
Then I got my hands on an A99 for $25 new(15 years ago now) and opened a whole new can of worms!
Slim

 

[bigred222]

that was a long time ago.

 

[mackmobile43]

That's exactly what I did for about 1 year. It worked great for me at the time. Talked to the locals anywhere from 3-30 miles away!Great standing wave too.
Even had my fun with DX on SSB(using a Robyn SB520D).I've still got that mobile antenna out in the shed.
Then I got my hands on an A99 for $25 new(15 years ago now) and opened a whole new can of worms!
Slim

Anybody knows that gutter won't hold up an A99

 

[bigred222]

Mack That i have yet to see is a guttermounted 18 foot antenna (that would be one hell of a gutter)

 

[JK_RUBICON]

I tried using my gutter as a counterpoise and it did not make one bit of difference!!

DAMN VINYL GUTTERS!!!

 

[JK_RUBICON]

Now if you really want to have some fun,,,,,,

On the down spout of the gutter near the ground connect the center of coax to the downspout and then run a wire around the base of the house and connect the shield to the wire, you can slightly bury the wire, no more than 2 inches though. This will give you a heck of a receiver antenna, unless of course you have an antenna tuner, then you can tx with it. You should use about 125-130 foot of wire around the foundation if you can

This is providing that you do not have aluminum siding