Installing A Ham Loop Antenna In A Garage Attic

Unun stands for unbalanced coaxial line to unbalanced antenna.

Installing a ham loop antenna in a garage attic.

If the space allows consider mounting your antennas in the attic. Install a 9 1 unun at the antenna end of the coax. For example you can install a wire dipole in almost any attic space. If you live in a space restricted location or are under a hoa restriction you may be able to mount an antenna outside.

Installation of a wire antenna in my small attic as previously mentioned i ve recently built my first wire antenna. My attic antenna setup featuring the alpha delta dx cc antenna and my n9tax dual band 2m 70cm antenna. The near vertical portion of wire 20 ft from the attic shortwave antenna to the receiver could pick up vertically polarized electrostatic interference. If you have some sort of attic in your home apartment or condo you re in luck.

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. 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. Often amateur radio operators are looking for alternative locations to install their antennas. This calls for a little creativity.

With his antenna matching unit providing an acceptable match he s on the air making contacts. Attics are great locations for indoor antennas.