Installing A Ham Loop Antenna In A Garage Attic

If you live in a space restricted location or are under a hoa restriction you may be able to mount an antenna outside.

Installing a ham loop antenna in a garage attic.

For example you can install a wire dipole in almost any attic space. If the space allows consider mounting your antennas in the attic. Installation of a wire antenna in my small attic as previously mentioned i ve recently built my first wire antenna. Another local uses an hf loop antenna tacked up around the circumference of the ceiling of a second floor bedroom.

Install a 9 1 unun at the antenna end of the coax. The one i recommend. With his antenna matching unit providing an acceptable match he s on the air making contacts. Antennas generally perform best when they re out in the clear but there is no law that says you can t use an outdoor antenna indoors.

The near vertical portion of wire 20 ft from the attic shortwave antenna to the receiver could pick up vertically polarized electrostatic interference. Attics are great locations for indoor antennas. Often amateur radio operators are looking for alternative locations to install their antennas. In order to really test it i decided to skip the step of a temporary outdoor deployment and just go ahead and put it in to it s final location.

This calls for a little creativity. My attic antenna setup featuring the alpha delta dx cc antenna and my n9tax dual band 2m 70cm antenna.