I considered that about 5 years ago when I reroofed. The roofing contracctor told me that anything like a skylight is very, very hard to make and keep leakproof. You really, really don't want a leaky roof.
-John ================= > Or install a frosted dome type skylight as a radome lights the attic and > allows for better reception > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 25, 2012, at 10:15 PM, "J. Forster" <j...@quikus.com> 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 <n...@verizon.net> >>> 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 -- time-nuts@febo.com >>> To unsubscribe, go to >>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>> and follow the instructions there. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.