[Today’s run: out to the highway and back (2 miles) with the dog ]
Here is a picture of my antenna feed into the house. It is the old double-sash window trick.
I’m using about a five inch wide piece of particle board cut the same length as the window opening. Since this means the window cannot be locked, I put some more wood blocking up at the top of the sliding section. And I stuffed some junk into the space between the window panes. I suppose if someone wanted to pull down the upper sash they probably could get in. But they could also break the glass if they wanted in that bad.
The multi-conductor connector is for the rotor cable. I use a black Radio Shack project box to mount the 9-pin (?) Radio Shack connector. The cable comes through a hole in the wood and the box. I wanted to keep the bugs out and I couldn’t mount the connector directly to the wood, so the project box was an easy way to go. I flubbed with my first attempt at a square hole in the project box. I covered that up with black duct tape.
I have 4 UHF feed-through connectors: 1 for a vertical 144/440 Mhz on a pole near the house, one for the G5RV wire, one for the HF beam and one for the 144 VHF beam. The last connection on the right is a feed-through to a ground rod.
On the outside, the particle board is partially covered with a copper sheet. The UHF feed-through connectors all go through the copper. I have an 8 ft ground rod connected to the copper sheet and the ground feed-through into the house. The only thing not really connected to the ground is the rotator cable.
If we leave the house for any length of time I disconnect the rotor and antenna cables here.
