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.
Mounting wireless antenna against metal siding.
A roof type mounting bracket such as the channel master cm3078 is adaptable for use in attic installations.
But it occurred to me that maybe i could build a better antenna inside my office.
In order to have maximum reception don t mount the antenna in or near storage areas in attic.
Could i use the roof itself as an antenna.
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.
This includes any object especially metal that would potentially block a signal from reaching the antenna.
Boxes furniture clothes and other items near or around your antenna can have an effect on performance.
You could try to load the roof like a random wire with the tuner working against an rf ground.
Probably a bad antenna but it might be fun.
Along with your tv antenna and your location the next critical aspect in your ability to receive free.
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Mount them to a window inside your home or office.
Your metal roof might make a nice ground plane for a vertical to work against.
If the home is made of metal.
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We also have a suction cup window mount for mounting magnetic based antennas.
Wanting to install a camera by my patio door and there is no wood to mount to just siding.
But the signal would still need to go through the metal roof.
Just keep the power low.
Actually i was thinking of running a wire up the wall and through the ceiling tiles.
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I believe that the metal is not aluminum probably steel a traditional house siding in downtown reykjavik.
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Place the antenna on a metal surface that provides a ground plane to bounce the signal.
Keep any wire antennas like dipoles as far away as possible especially the ends of such antennas.
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Consider a filing cabinet cookie sheet or another metal surface.
Which has a metal roof and siding.
I guess that an attic antenna my previous plan is unlikely to work well under a metal roof.
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.
