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  Re: Re: Options for HT radio antenna?
  By: Ray Quinn to Nigel Reed on Thu Oct 16 2025 12:11:17

 > I, too, have issues accessing my roof. Mostly phisical. I freeze when
 > attempting to get on the ladder to come off the roof. Once on the ladder, no
 > problem. Getting up in the roof is much easier. If I had some fixed ladder
 > with hand-rails to assist me getting on it, it wouldn't be bad that way
 > either.

it's more of a heat problem. When you've had 90F temps beating down for weeks
on end, it gets extremely hot. I've been up there once to reposition my
satellite dish and I really don't care for it. Not that I'm afraid of heights
but, as someone else said in a round about way, it's the sudden stop when you
hit the ground.

 > If you do manage to access your roof and you want to hide any antennas, you
 > could always run them along the roofing caps across the peak of it, whether
 > it be shingles, tile or another material. A lot of hams do this in
 > HOA-restrictive neighborhoods and are able to make HF contacts. Thankfully,
 > I am not in an HOA.

No HOA here either. There's a guy a few houses down that's got all sorts of
anetnnas and wires hanging from his house, his fence etc.

 > If you have any aluminum gutters around the outside, you can connect your
 > coax or a simple wire from it to your SDR. Or attach something along the
 > eaves.

Might be interesting.

I saw some telescopic poles on Amazon for under 200 which might be pretty good
for what I need, though getting it back up with a heavy antenna on it might be
a problem but for something light like a SDR antenna or a jpole shouldn't be
too much trouble. I'll see if its in the budget.
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