Ham Radio Coax Roof Into Apartment

Also your antenna and the coax would be easy to spot.

Ham radio coax roof into apartment.

You should then make the coax shield connect properly to the pl 259 connectors at each end. The best source for amateur ham radio training and information is the local radio club. Some radio hams have an attic antenna as a backup to their main antenna on the roof. Through the years i have been hearing problems from fellow hams over the air and even in personal eyeball communications about how they can organize and implement a good and effective radio frequency interference rfi.

As an ultra beginner without a lot of investment in the hobby it was perfectly acceptable to have to climb onto the roof t. I had several rg 58 213 and lmr 240 400 coax cables in place between the shack and attic space but instead of running more coax i decided to use a remote antenna switch in the attic to feed the 2m through 70cm beams and one discone antenna. You could opt for a commercially made 9 1 unun. Sales supplies and service.

The coax shield would then be properly terminated at both ends and stop being a rogue antenna. In some cases the coax would cross part of the parking lot and people would have to drive over it. Also your antenna and the coax would be easy to spot. I recently put a ham radio antenna on my roof so i could get better signal inside my apartment which isn t on a high floor.

Calderon du1anv makiling amateur radio society member. Urban rooftop ham radio antenna. The coax would likely get in the way of people walking by unless you are parked directly in front of your apartment and there is no sidewalk between your car and the apartment. My original plan was to make a 3 4 1 hole on the side of the house right under the arch of the roof run the cable through the attic and down the wall of the room where i want the radio.

In some cases the coax would cross part of the parking lot and people would have to drive over it. Install a 9 1 unun at the antenna end of the coax. Hide stuff in the closet one of the challenges you may encounter is getting the coaxial cable up into the attic. World s largest supplier of amateur radio ham radio and communication equipment.

Unun stands for unbalanced coaxial line to unbalanced antenna. You can always just punch a hole through the drywall ceiling and run the cable through. Reprinted with permission of the author.