Ham Antennas Above Metal Barn Roof

As an ultra beginner without a lot of investment in the hobby it was perfectly acceptable to have to climb onto the roof t.

Ham antennas above metal barn roof.

Urban rooftop ham radio antenna. I plan to get the buddipole antenna buddipole deluxe this coming summer for my various portable ops out at spots where my wife and i go on birding trips. Thankfully there are special indoor antennae which will circumvent this problem and help you watch tv despite having metal roofs. As promised earlier we are now going.

Fairly close to the roof so the ground plane is only a little. You ll still need to get the antenna above the roof or it will be deaf in one direction is it possible to bury a bucket full of cement about 30 feet or more from the house with a short scaffold pole set in it which you can drop your antenna mast into run three guy lines from the top of the mast and presto. This is possible with a metal roof on a home barn garage carport rv porch and metal sheds or awnings and even on commercial buildings. On using a metal roof as an antenna the joints between panels are likely.

I operate qrp mostly on 20 but also some on 10. The antenna is vertically mounted on a tripod and is 4 by 6 using 3 4 copper tubing. A dozen tests on 40 and 60m showed an average of 4 6 db better reports than a full wave delta loop at the same 20 height above ground using the same power. I recently put a ham radio antenna on my roof so i could get better signal inside my apartment which isn t on a high floor.

Also modern buildings have plumbing wiring etc. A metal roof discourages the transfer of signal by reflecting it away from you. I have just put up a magnetic loop on a metal aircraft hangar roof.