Hi I've spent a lot of time putting a lot of antennas in attics of many houses. I can't say any of them "didn't work". However, I never was happy with the performance of any of them. Even a poorly located outdoor antennal outperformed them. … and yes I'm a member of the "no antennas outdoors club".
Bob On Nov 25, 2012, at 10:15 PM, "J. Forster" <[email protected]> wrote: > There are ways to do it w/o drilling holes. Most all houses have vent > stacks for the plumbing, typically 3 or 4 inch cast iron or thick plastic. > > You can clamp a couple of feet of pipe onto one of those and run the wire > to under an eve or through a gable end, adding a drip loop of course. > > But, if it were my house and I just wanted to discipline my local > standard, I'd try the attic first. Among other things, you can get to the > antenna w/o climbing on the roof! > > New England is not sunny CA. > > -John > > ================ > > > >> On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 8:50 AM, Peter Gottlieb <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I'm beginning to set up in my new house and planning where all my >>> various >>> antennas are going to go. Being a wood frame building, I was wondering >>> if >>> it was sufficient to simply mount my Thunderbolt GPS antenna high in the >>> attic. >> >> >> It will work but it will be far from optimal. All you need to do is get a >> big drill bit and drill through the roof and put up an iron galvanized >> pipe. Put a pipe flange on the end and bolt the GPS antenna to that. >> You >> will need some metal flashing and roofing tar and then you will have a >> first class setup. You run the coax down the pipe. The timing antennas >> are pointed on top so snow falls off >> >> Chris Albertson >> Redondo Beach, California >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
