Re: Found this reading a Ham newsletter...
By: Phoobar to All on Sun Mar 22 2020 22:50:39
Has anyone used an antenna like this? https://tinyurl.com/s4ymwlz
I used something similar. As a receiving antenna it was pretty good. As a transmitting antenna it was terrible, partly down to my environment.
Would one of these be usable in a downstairs apartment where I can't run a wire outside...but can string one along the floor board or mount on the
wall.
I wouldn't gamble $70 - $85 USD to find out. The odds aren't good. You could build this on your own for
cheaper as an experiment. It's already not a very efficient antenna, and being indoors won't improve it.
I'd sooner try a longwire wrapped along the perimeter of the apartment at ceiling level, or some kind of wire loop design, or a dipole. A magloop might be a good option, and there are designs for cheap homebrew tuning capacitors.
If the rain gutter downspout is anywhere near your window, I'd even try clipping onto it and loading it up.
Is your inability to put a wire outside because you aren't allowed to put up an
antenna, or because you can't poke a hole in the wall? If the latter, a window
feed-through panel is an option.
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