Ham Radio Roof Vent Antenna For 2 Meters

Simple antenna installation for my 2 meter garage radio using a magnetic mobile mount antenna.

[fernandoscrenci]

On the cutting edge of Radio waves in or out, you gotta love it!☝️🧐

[morejelloplease]

Hey brother, make sure you make a drip loop on the coax before it enters the roof vent, saturate it with a spray bottle and and watch where the water flows so that you don't have a constant stream of water coming down the cable and into your attic.

[MrHenry]

Clever. Glad to see your videos again Larry! 73

[loughkb]

Simple and functional. My kind of solution. By the way, if you haven't tried it, scan it on 6 meters with your analyser. Back when I had a 5/8 mag mount for 2 on my car, I discovered that it behaved like a 1/4 wave on 6 with a 1.3:1 SWR at the lower end of the band. Made many 6 meter contacts on it. You might have a bonus 6 meter antenna there as well.

[northdakotaham]

Hey Larry! Nice alternative to drilling another hole in your house! Always hated doing that. 73! Kevin KB0BRY

[fanger]

Hey Larry. I cobbled together an exterior mount antenna like yours. I used an old Hustler SF-2 whip antenna with an aluminum L-bracket. Guess what I used for the grounding elements? Ever replace the rubbers on your windshield wipers? They have stainless steel strips that help stiffen the rubber. They made excellent radials. 1.3- 1. 5: 1 across the 2 meter FM band. The whole thing is only about 20 feet off the ground. Reaching repeaters all over the region.  Three states-  northeast PA, southern tier of NY State and northern NJ. Great stuff! Thanks for the inspiration. In summer, I`m going to go with a roof mount up on the house roof.  KC3BXZ Joe

[kdaxo]

Awesome!! Now if we can figure out what we can do with my HF, and maybe make a video of that project.

[diverbon]

I was on last night on 6m. Was a great opening too! 73 from KX4EZ

[chuckv]

You didn’t mentionwether it improved your signal. Wanting to install base antenna but concerned about causing interference to my neighbors electronics. Any recommendations? Thanks for the vids.

[jrmcdowe]

Good video Larry. Keep them coming. 73

[cellblock]

Larry, is that a Yaesu Ft-100D on your bench there? I have one, my first HF rig. It's now my back-up/portable rig.

[Radiowild]

That is a great idea. Now that's thinking outside the box.... I mean shack! 73's Bob KC2RDU

[crazynordlander]

I see you have the Mountain Lake MN school 2 meter propagation web-page up. I know Jon H. that is the Tech Coordinator there. He showed me the website this past September at a PLT continuing ed class in Marshall we have to take every year to keep our license up to date. I think it is his influence that the school has a great Ham Radio club in it.
I am from the Canby MN surrounding area. I saw your post on Ham Radio Concepts on CB radio. I am new to ham 2019 but had CB radios back in the 70s. I am thinking of getting back into CB radio. There sure were a lot of haters on CB in the comment section of that video.
KE0UXC Kevin

[chriswissler]

Watch this dudes videos since his 1500 miles HT QSO on 10M =) Always like his views

[skycarl]

Look Marge, he has an antenna sticking out of the roof of his Goes to show you Henry, those hams are everywhere. lol, , , , The 2 meter will be happy Larry. 73 pal. KD8SKG

[JohnSmith-bbnp]

Does it have a lightning safety ground?

[Ron_C]

Good tip! I really need to figure out a 2m solution for my home use.

[kurtwolter]

Neat idea. Did you actually bend the whip, or is it somewhat adjustable from the base? I have these exact vents on my house.

[CMDR.Gonzo.von.Richthofen]

That's a great idea. Never thought of that one! Always interesting to see a new way to do things! 73 KC1GZR

[snotrucker]

Magnet mounts work great. BUT as soon as water gets under the mount the SWR’s go up. I deal with it on mine.