Installing A Ham Loop Antenna In A Garage Attic

Dipole and long wire antennas can also be used with mobile outdoor style auto tuners feeding them in an attic space.

Installing a ham loop antenna in a garage attic.

Install a 9 1 unun at the antenna end of the coax. If you have some sort of attic in your home apartment or condo you re in luck. For example you can install a wire dipole in almost any attic space. In order to really test it i decided to skip the step of a temporary outdoor deployment and just go ahead and put it in to it s final location.

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. My attic antenna setup featuring the alpha delta dx cc antenna and my n9tax dual band 2m 70cm antenna. The near vertical portion of wire 20 ft from the attic shortwave antenna to the receiver could pick up vertically polarized electrostatic interference. With his antenna matching unit providing an acceptable match he s on the air making contacts.

The one i recommend. If you live in a space restricted location or are under a hoa restriction you may be able to mount an antenna outside. Attics are great locations for indoor antennas. This calls for a little creativity.

Often amateur radio operators are looking for alternative locations to install their antennas. Unun stands for unbalanced coaxial line to unbalanced antenna.