Ham Antenna In Attic

Many hams including many of you reading this are limited by hoa or other outdoor antenna restrictions.

Ham antenna in attic.

Yes in the attic. The house will act as a natural shield and as long as your attic mounted antenna system is independent to the rest of your antennas lightning won t be an issue. On hf wire beams can be run on the roof supports or the rafters these usually are good for one direction only but can be switched electrically for different coverage. A second advantage to mounting the antenna in the attic is that you will be protected from lightning strikes in the event of severe weather.

Using the cq antennas center insulators from ke5fen. This is great for the amateur radio operator that is providing net control activities during a skywarn severe weather activation. Viewer request to try out an antenna for ham radio in the attic. On vhf a beam antenna can work well in the attic even a rotator can be used.

Thanks david for the insulators first to comment below i ll send you an insulator in the mail. The mfj 931 could potentially be used a tuned counterpoise for your attic shortwave antenna. Again stay away from metal and wires to maintain your pattern.