10 Meter Dipole In Attic

I went to my friends house to check out his setup and get him up and running on some hf digital modes.

10 meter dipole in attic.

This was okay but appeared noisy. The ocf dipole is like a standard horizontal dipole but fed at a position other than the center typically at the 1 3 2 3 position. Dipole easy and cheap to build can be made with small gauge wire. This is my attic 40 20 10 meter fan dipole that i installed in my attic today.

To 10 meters one band at a time larger versions will work on 80 or 40 mtrs how to website. To fit this antenna in an attic space i used an inverted v configuration. A lot of hams are struggling in an hoa with antennas o. 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.

All i did was make spacers out of 1 2 pvc tubing the wire is spaced 6 off center. More information on my website at http www fuzzthepiguy tech dipole hamradio. Seriously consider the ocf dipole to find an impedance on a 68 foot antenna that can provide a reasonably good match across multiple bands which are even harmonically related such as 80 40 20 10 and 6m. Mac af4ps fp 51 note.

The infamous attic dipole. This was found to be quieter and made the antenna less sensitive to frequency changes. I initially feed the dipole directly with a 1 1 balun and rg58 coax. I later changed this by feeding the dipole twin feeder via a remote balun.