10 Meter Dipole In Attic

To fit this antenna in an attic space i used an inverted v configuration.

10 meter dipole in attic.

Attic antennas many types of antenna can be mounted in the attic if you don t have radiant barrier. This is my attic 40 20 10 meter fan dipole that i installed in my attic today. In my opinion it s a work of art. I went to my friends house to check out his setup and get him up and running on some hf digital modes.

All i did was make spacers out of 1 2 pvc tubing the wire is spaced 6 off center. 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. More information on my website at http www fuzzthepiguy tech dipole hamradio. To 10 meters one band at a time larger versions will work on 80 or 40 mtrs how to website.

Dipole easy and cheap to build can be made with small gauge wire. I later changed this by feeding the dipole twin feeder via a remote balun. I initially feed the dipole directly with a 1 1 balun and rg58 coax. A lot of hams are struggling in an hoa with antennas o.

Then i combined my 40 20 10 meter antenna with a w2au balun that was part of my 10 meter antenna. This was found to be quieter and made the antenna less sensitive to frequency changes. 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. The infamous attic dipole.