Under Eave Antenna
 

Dot wrote:

On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 16:27:24 GMT, stananger stananger@********.***
wrote:

Everything is wood
...
I just wanted to know what the best way to hang this wire from the eave
is.


If everything is wood, you could probably just staple the wire under the
eves of your house.


But staples are metal, which might compress the wire against the wood and
damage the wire. Not sure if the staples being metal would effect anything
but it I was hoping someone had some experience with this kind of setup.
I was thinking of stapling a black UV resistant cable tie every 10-15 ft and
running the wire thru the loop made by the cable tie. Actually a bad idea I
think.
Someone did mention the screw in type tv cable standoffs. Thats a
possibility but I guess I am looking for someone who has actually done this
to see what they had done and what problems they had encountered.
Another poster also mentioned it would be a poor DX antenna, maybe, as my
house sits on sloping ground and is post and pier the eaves are over 25'
on 1/2 of the house. This could be a decent antenna for maybe 15 & 10
meters.
But in my original post the idea was to be used as a receiving antenna maybe
for transmitting on 40 & 75 locally.
One point I do want to make again - the other half wants me to make sure its
as eye pleasing as possible, which means it cant be easy to see.
When I first thought about doing this I never realized it actually required
as much time to come up with a solution as it has.
Simple project? You and I would have thought so.

Under Eave Antenna
 

STAPLES

Electrician Staples are INSULATED.

Look into these: "BRISCON Insulated SN 40".

They are 1 inch long and 1/2 inch wide.

I've used them for years in a WX protected location.

stananger wrote:

I would like to install an under eave antenna at my house.
Mostly for listening but maybe some low power transmitting.
What I need is some input from all the experts here as to what supports
would work best. Also I dont want it to upset the other half
too much so it would have to be "pleasing" to the eye or damn near
invisible. As I dont have any plans or thoughts as to what would work best
I am open to all serious suggestions and ideas. It will be a loop fed with
open wire feeders is all I have in mind at this time.

Stan
AH6JR

Under Eave Antenna
 

stananger wrote:
When I first thought about doing this I never realized it actually required
as much time to come up with a solution as it has.

If you keep thinking and talking about it until you
have a perfect solution, it will never get done. :-)
--
73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp

Under Eave Antenna
 

On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 19:27:30 GMT, stananger stananger@********.***
wrote:


Simple project? You and I would have thought so.

Hang it up there, sloppily, just to see if it works. Otherwise, you
may go to a lot of refinement and trouble for naught.

bob
k5qwg