[HCARC] Attic antennas

[galeheise at windstream.net]

Kerry-

  You mentioned wire lying on top of an asphalt roof.  I had entered "wire 
beam" in the past for a Google search and found a website where a fellow had 
built a wire beam antenna on top of his roof.  As I recall, a transmission 
line followed the peak of the roof with wire elements extending 
perpendicular down both sides of the roof.  It was a pretty neat stealth 
antenna.  Unfortunately, I didn't save the website but I suspect it can be 
found with some effort.

Gale
KM4DR

-----Original Message----- 
From: SARA SANDSTROM
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 9:32 PM
To: timberrr59 at yahoo.com ; thipskind at sudedenlink.net
Cc: H - Reflector
Subject: [HCARC] Attic antennas



Howdy,

There are at least a couple of you interested in attic antennas.  Whenever I 
talk to someone using an attic antenna or other stealth antenna , I ask them 
about it.  One person, Bill, WB4DBO, directed me to his page on qrz.com.  If 
you go to WB4 DBO and go down to the last 5 photographs, Bill has pictures 
of his Bazooka dipoles in his attic.  Bill uses a K3 with a built in auto 
tuner and says the built in tuner handles the SWR on his dipoles without any 
problems.

Another station I recently talked to had taken is dipole and pushed the 
wires under the bottom ends of the shingles on his roof.  In his case, the 
dipole is 'almost' outside.  If you have a pitched roof with asphalt 
shingles, it looks like a pretty neat idea and the antenna is pretty well 
hiden.  One thing you might be consider is the type of insulation used in 
your house.  From what I can see of mine, it looks like there is an 
insulation panel under the roof that has aluminum foil on the side facing 
down.  There is plywood on top of the insulation and a metal roof above 
that.  Needless to say, an attic antenna would not be practical for me!

Kerry



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