Rain Gutter Cb Antenna

Unlike gregg s gutter antenna the spout and long horizontal section were made from plastic.

Rain gutter cb antenna.

The hustler rtg 27l gutter mount cb antenna offers a no drill install that mounts securely to any size shape or angle of vehicle rain gutter. Second article on the rain gutter antenna. I got this idea about writing about my antenna because i had one once in the condo that worked very well down to about 40 meters. 7 watts of audio output and instant emergency channel 9.

It is the rain gutter along the front of a house. It is 80 feet long and off center fed as a windom with a single wire lead in to a tuner. My goods will pay for shipping exchanges back to the customer. First you have to use a tuner.

If you have a metal rain gutter on the eave of your house you can mount a car cb antenna on it and using an swr meter adjust it to work but for best results search the net for a cb base station antenna and mount it on a mast so it s at least 9 feet off the ground but the top cannot legally exceed 50 feet. Below is a photo of a simple effective and entirely covert hf antenna. These charges are normally collected by the delivering freight shipping company or when you pick item up do not confuse them for additional. Pic courtesy of n6cc website.

Very simple and the system worked for me. The rain gutter antenna has a vertical component approximately 25 high and extends horizontally across the roof line for 35. Rtg27l for sale rtg27l hustler 25 rain gutter cb antenna kit 12 coax cable. So i just ran an appropriate length of 18 awg speaker wire inside the plastic downspout and horizontal section sealing the ends with waterproof silicone caulk and attached the antenna segment to the main wire of some rg 8 coax while i connected the coax ground braid to buried counterpoise wires.

Black 4 4 out of 5 stars 3 816. Uniden pro520xl pro series 40 channel cb radio. Gutter mounted the rtg 27l hustler antenna offers the advantages of a roof mounted cb antenna in an easily installed package. Anl switch and pa cb switch.

A couple of years ago i had written an article on the use of my rain gutter on my home as my hf antenna.