Siding works too. depending on if it's grounded or not.

I think my strangest antenna was when I connected wires from my tuner
to each of the two window screens in the corner room. I worked
california from Georgia on 10 meters.

Buck
N4PGW



On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 15:02:25 -0400, "Howard W3CQH"
wrote:

Be sure that the Gutters are not grounded. If you have Aluminum Siding, the
gutters maybe attached to the siding. A quick check with an ohmmeter should
verify that.
Other wise the gutters make a great antenna.

"Rayburn" wrote in message
.. .
Copper and aluminum Gutters work great!...If they only run across the
front and back of the house you can connect them with a small wire across
the roof to make for a nice long antenna!

For example I'm hooked to the bottom of a downspout near the ground on my
3 story home....about 28 feet up the guttering starts and runs 25 feet
across the back of the house......I connected a wire across the roof (60
feet long) to the end of the front gutter thats the same height and
length.

166 feet of antenna in the shape of an upside down U !

I buried a couple of ground radials next to a fence for 160...80....40 and
added a few short ones for 20 /15 and 10 about an inch deep in the
yard.....works great with a tuner and is fantastic on the L and AM bands
for reception as well!

Other than a small 4 inch length of coax behind the house next to the
garage door.....Its invisible!
wrote in message
ups.com...
Help. I've been licensed since 1967, but I haven't been active for
about 20 years. I just bought a FT-101EE with a Cushcraft R4 vertical
antenna, however there are restrictions in my subdivision about
antennas. I'm thinking my best bet may be a long wire between my house
and a neighbor's tree with a tuner. I know this is an ago old battle,
any ideas for an inconspicuous HF antenna?





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73 for now
Buck
N4PGW