Subj : Re: Options for HT radio antenna?
To   : Nigel Reed
From : Ray Quinn
Date : Thu Oct 16 2025 12:11:17


Hello Nigel!

15 Oct 25 21:37, you wrote to Sean Dennis:

 NR>   Re: Options for HT radio antenna?
 NR>   By: Sean Dennis to Nigel Reed on Wed Oct 15 2025 20:06:24

 >> I call them "emergency" antennas but they can be taped inside a
 >> window and used as a regular antenna.

 NR> Ah ok.

 NR> I need to run a cable to my SDR radio so I'll probably pull some 50ohm
 NR> while I'm at it. It'll be intereting to see if it'd work well in the
 NR> attic, though I have that radiant barrier stuff so that might hamper
 NR> signals and end up putting it outside anyway. I just have no easy roof
 NR> access.

I, too, have issues accessing my roof. Mostly phisical. I freeze when attempting to get on the ladder to come off the roof. Once on the ladder, no problem. Getting up in the roof is much easier. If I had some fixed ladder with hand-rails to assist me getting on it, it wouldn't be bad that way either.

If you do manage to access your roof and you want to hide any antennas, you could always run them along the roofing caps across the peak of it, whether it be shingles, tile or another material. A lot of hams do this in HOA-restrictive neighborhoods and are able to make HF contacts. Thankfully, I am not in an HOA.

If you have any aluminum gutters around the outside, you can connect your coax or a simple wire from it to your SDR. Or attach something along the eaves.

Just some ideas I've come across over the years.

73 de W6RAY Ray Quinn
Visalia, CA DM06ii

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