Since I moved house, I have been looking at ways to get myself onto the HF bands. The downsides: I have a tiny garden, and don’t have money to spend on antennas. So … I’ve been looking at the possibilities. One option is an vertical mounted on the side of the house. The problem with this is that I live in a mid terranced house with houses packed around me. The chances of getting planning permission for a large vertical are slim, and I would like to use as many bands as possible.
So, to start with, I’d like to try an antenna in the attic. I only intend to run low power to hopefully avoid causing any QRM problems with my neighbours. I’ve had a read of G4ILO’s site which is fairly inspirational. Does anybody else out there have any suggestions? Any advice, pointers or experiences on constructing a QRP, low profile, low cost, wide band HF antenna would be greatly appreciated! (I realise that compromises will have to be made).