I noticed this earlier today: a pronounced dip in reception as soon as the rain started. Reception improved a few minutes after the downpour. Thanks for the confirmation… “Misery loves company”.
Thanks for inspiring me to make my own! Boy, adjusting the feed point really makes a huge difference. When I built it, I mistakenly put the feed point in the middle of the matching stub and it was pretty awful. Then I RTFMed and saw it was supposed to be at 18mm from the bend, adjusted and I’m showing 15dB return loss or about 1.433 SWR (reference was about -7dB at 1090MHz)
I 3D printed a basic terminal block with M3 screws and nuts to do the feed point slide since I don’t have any terminals that have holes that go through. I’ve gotta come up with some sort of way of mounting it before I can take it up to the attic to try it out. Sorry about derailing the thread but DIY antennas are so cool.