attic

I’m just starting out listening to shortwave radio, and I have a 15’ length of 14 gauge, insulated, braided wire strung in the attic of my stucco construction home. But the roof tiles are made of 1.5” thick cement – how does this impact my reception? Should I even bother with an attic antenna...

Hello Gentlemen. Newer ham here. I searched around but did not get a solid answer on this. I have an attic-mounted Diamond X50a that is fed with LMR400 down to the second floor of my house. It has worked very well for me so far. I am not experiencing any noise or hum currently (although I did...

I'm pulling the trigger on my first HF radio. My antenna situation will not be ideal, and I'm going to be limited to indoors. I've got about 30' of length in my attic, so I'm thinking I'll get a 20m dipole, and just focus on that band for now. Is there anything else I should consider? Would...

I was up crawling around the attic yesterday making some additions and changes to my setup. I had an OCFD laying up there being unused. I had built it a while ago and used it for a short time. I ran some RG-6 to that and place it on the far end of the attic. My current attic mounted antenna...

Looking to put an antenna in the attic, anyone have any tips? suggestions on what type of antenna to get? thank you.

Looking to put an antenna in the attic, anyone have any tips? suggestions on what type of antenna to get? thank you.