Ham Antenna In Attic

Viewer request to try out an antenna for ham radio in the attic.

Ham antenna in attic.

On vhf a beam antenna can work well in the attic even a rotator can be used. Using the cq antennas center insulators from ke5fen. 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. Yes in the attic.

But even if you can t put up an outdoor antenna you can still operate with antennas installed in an accessible attic space. Even if it is mostly used by ham radio operators to solve problems while transmitting the mfj 931 should also work for a receive only purpose. Lots of amateurs in these situations are doing so successfully especially on hf. 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.

Thanks david for the insulators first to comment below i ll send you an insulator in the mail. Again stay away from metal and wires to maintain your pattern. This is great for the amateur radio operator that is providing net control activities during a skywarn severe weather activation.