Attic Dipole Plans

Instead of cutting the dipole wire for best vswr i folded it over at each end until the vswr was minimum at channel 20.

Attic dipole plans.

Hung dipole up in the attic using a nail at each end into the wood. The attic is hot if you need to be told don t climb your outside tower in the ice storm then you should also appreciate the advice don t build attic antennas in the heat of the summer when the attic is 50c attic work requires the physical skill needed to climb rafters and not fall through the ceiling. A short off center fed dipole for 40 m and 20 m by daniel marks kw4ti version 2017 nov 7 abstract. It is small enough to fit inside the attic of many homes.

Tune cb radio dipole vswr. The better your antenna the more success you will have making contacts. I got about a 1 8 1 vswr perhaps due to 120vac power wires a few feet away. When there is insufficient area to mount a full size dipole.

Loft attic antennas for restricted spaces m. Ehrenfried g8jnj i ve recently been looking at designs for an efficient antenna that would fit in a loft. Mac af4ps fp 51 note. I hoped to find something that would work on with a 100 watt hf transceiver on all bands from 80m through to 6m.

Another local uses an hf loop antenna tacked up around the circumference of the ceiling of a second floor bedroom. Ridgeline ocf dipole layout physically shortened dipoles are practical too for an attic antenna. 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. You can a 50 linear loading line in each leg of the dipole without loss.

The infamous attic dipole.