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Re: how good is a rain gutter antenna


 

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DaveD
KC0WJN


On Wed, Mar 5, 2025 at 14:48 Imre Biacsics via groups.io <geld.probleempje=
[email protected]> wrote:

Ok, stealty antennas. How about my cat-net-tenna?
Got a 6 meter wide balcony (spanned with a cat net) on the 6th floor of a
appartment building.
The surface of te facade is all metal. Using a 64:1 unun grounded to te
metal surface

Spending months, weaving patterns. (Zig-zag, coiling, from front to back,
al kind of hybrids). My Vna shows this:



(Back and forward)

Since i was aming 10, 20 and 40 mtr, not bad!

The only thing: the huge metal groundplane seems to act as a reflector
facing south.

PD2I, Imre




Op wo 5 mrt 2025 16:05 schreef Larry Macionski via groups.io <am_fm_radio=
[email protected]>:

Twice as good as bed spring antennas thrown on the roof.. EVEN better if
your house is on wheels and you can turn it with a pickup truck..

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