40m Attic Dipole

So far i am tuning around the bands and it is.

40m attic dipole.

A short off center fed dipole for 40 m and 20 m by daniel marks kw4ti version 2017 nov 7 abstract. Loft attic antennas for restricted spaces. It gave me 40 20 and 15 with a push because although a 40 meter dipole should give you a resonant 15 meter antenna in this case with the coils for 40 it mucked the maths up and caused the atu some trouble. This is my attic 40 20 10 meter fan dipole that i installed in my attic today.

40m dipole in my attic. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. The dipole is working well as is and gets to 1 1 swr. I would like to set up an antenna for 40m and 80m if possible.

This antenna is a 20 to 25 foot long 6 0 m to 7 6 m off center fed dipole antenna for the 20 m and 40 m bands designed for those who need to conceal an 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. The attic dimensions are 67 on the diagonal so the antenna will just fit. All i did was make spacers out of 1 2 pvc tubing the wire is spaced 6 off center.

Mac af4ps fp 51 note. The infamous attic dipole. On 40m it worked a treat. It is small enough to fit inside the attic of many homes.

I have the dipole in the attic both for asthetics and lightning protection but mainly my wife. The 40 meter dipole was loaded with some coils so that i could fit it in the attic. At this stage i. In my opinion it s a work of art.

The attic won t quite support a 40m dipole though i could bend it around some. Yellow is a 40m long doublet fed with 450 ohm ladder line and an auto atu at the base. Dipole antennas for ham radio. I d like to get on the air with an mfj cub qrp cw transceiver so i m thinking about laying a 40m dipole in my attic.

I live in a single story townhouse with a neighbor on each side. If the attic area is not large enough to accommodate an almost full size dipole simply erect as much of the antenna as possible in a straight line then bend the ends of the dipole up down or sideways from the main portion of the system. Then i combined my 40 20 10 meter antenna with a w2au balun that was part of my 10 meter antenna.