Probably a bad antenna but it might be fun.
Mounting wireless antenna against metal siding.
You could try to load the roof like a random wire with the tuner working against an rf ground.
The mounting bracket is used.
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This includes any object especially metal that would potentially block a signal from reaching the antenna.
Place the antenna on a metal surface that provides a ground plane to bounce the signal.
A roof type mounting bracket such as the channel master cm3078 is adaptable for use in attic installations.
When metal is involved the antenna would need to be placed in a window that faces the direction of the towers for a clear line of sight.
Could i use the roof itself as an antenna.
But it occurred to me that maybe i could build a better antenna inside my office.
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We also have a suction cup window mount for mounting magnetic based antennas.
Just keep the power low.
Most customers with metals in their building materials will often look into a roof or attic mounted antenna to get the antenna up and over the blockage.
Wanting to install a camera by my patio door and there is no wood to mount to just siding.
Consider a filing cabinet cookie sheet or another metal surface.
In order to have maximum reception don t mount the antenna in or near storage areas in attic.
But the signal would still need to go through the metal roof.
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Boxes furniture clothes and other items near or around your antenna can have an effect on performance.
Also aluminum foil on insulation aluminum or steel siding metal gutters at the attic level metal lath or older plaster walls and metal mesh under stucco all can interfere to some degree with reception.
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Keep any wire antennas like dipoles as far away as possible especially the ends of such antennas.
I believe that the metal is not aluminum probably steel a traditional house siding in downtown reykjavik.
I guess that an attic antenna my previous plan is unlikely to work well under a metal roof.
Which has a metal roof and siding.
Top sources of obstruction interference that can impact your over the air tv reception.
If the home is made of metal.
Your metal roof might make a nice ground plane for a vertical to work against.
Actually i was thinking of running a wire up the wall and through the ceiling tiles.
