10 Meter Dipole In Attic

The infamous attic dipole.

10 meter dipole in attic.

To fit this antenna in an attic space i used an inverted v configuration. 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. Mac af4ps fp 51 note. Dipole easy and cheap to build can be made with small gauge wire.

This was okay but appeared noisy. To 10 meters one band at a time larger versions will work on 80 or 40 mtrs how to website. 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. A lot of hams are struggling in an hoa with antennas o.

This was installed at a previous qth i will be the first or millionth remember i m from fl to affirm that the antenna is the determining factor for success when it comes to one s station set up. Then i combined my 40 20 10 meter antenna with a w2au balun that was part of my 10 meter antenna. More information on my website at http www fuzzthepiguy tech dipole hamradio. I initially feed the dipole directly with a 1 1 balun and rg58 coax.

I went to my friends house to check out his setup and get him up and running on some hf digital modes. This was found to be quieter and made the antenna less sensitive to frequency changes. I later changed this by feeding the dipole twin feeder via a remote balun. All i did was make spacers out of 1 2 pvc tubing the wire is spaced 6 off center.