10 Meter Dipole In Attic

Attic antennas many types of antenna can be mounted in the attic if you don t have radiant barrier.

10 meter dipole in attic.

This was found to be quieter and made the antenna less sensitive to frequency changes. The ocf dipole is like a standard horizontal dipole but fed at a position other than the center typically at the 1 3 2 3 position. Dipole easy and cheap to build can be made with small gauge wire. Then i combined my 40 20 10 meter antenna with a w2au balun that was part of my 10 meter antenna.

More information on my website at http www fuzzthepiguy tech dipole hamradio. To 10 meters one band at a time larger versions will work on 80 or 40 mtrs how to website. I went to my friends house to check out his setup and get him up and running on some hf digital modes. All i did was make spacers out of 1 2 pvc tubing the wire is spaced 6 off center.

To fit this antenna in an attic space i used an inverted v configuration. Seriously consider the ocf dipole to find an impedance on a 68 foot antenna that can provide a reasonably good match across multiple bands which are even harmonically related such as 80 40 20 10 and 6m. The infamous attic dipole. I initially feed the dipole directly with a 1 1 balun and rg58 coax.

Mac af4ps fp 51 note. This was okay but appeared noisy. This was installed at a previous qth i will be the first or millionth remember i m from fl to affirm that the antenna is the determining factor for success when it comes to one s station set up. I later changed this by feeding the dipole twin feeder via a remote balun.