I have a metal roof and I need to mount my antenna under the eave. Is this feasible?
281561
I beleive that your swr will be high. High swr can and will damage your radio. I can tell you from experience with my antenna mounted in the attic above my garage that with the garage door closed my swr is 1.0 to 1.1, with the garage door open my swr is 1.5 to 1.7 and that is with the ceiling of the garage and the flooring in the attic between the antenna and metal garage door.
281562
No, the metal roof blocks all signal. to be effective this antenna needs to be out in the open and above all interference.
281563
You could try it, but insuspect you will get a high swr reading. This means that when tou try to transmit the signal will be heavily reflected back into your radio. This will severely limit your broadcast range and eventually burn up your radio. Mounting away from metal is best.
281564
You would most likely have a high SWR and a poor communication experience. An antenna matcher might help some, but only experimentation will tell!
1400697
From what I know about this antenna, that's what it's made for. You'll probably have to use plastic anchors to mount it, but they can be easily removed and filled in when you remove the antenna.
1473656
In general, yes. But the big question will be reception. If you have a roof antenna and are near a big city, you should be fine. If you're trying to use a set top antenna it's iffy.
1911070
You'd have to mount this on an angle bracket first or else the antenna would be parallel to the ground.
314652
From the product description:At a Glance...Wall- or eave-mountedAlso, I have this unit and it works fine under eave.
305725
Here is a link to the one I used. I didn't mount it on the roof, but it says you can: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0007U5C2O/ref=pe_385040_30332190_pe_175190_21431760_3p_M3T1_ST1_dp_1 Scott
1189061
It is better to have at least half of the antenna above the roofline. Consider the 4 ft version.
115515
Yes. This antenna is designed to plug into a sangean radio and can be put outside the building via a window however you have to take the length of the cable into consideration. If you cannot get this small antenna outside and fairly high you will not get much gain
584956
If you have cell power when outside your building even if it is weak, this product will work just fine. Remember the external antenna is on your roof?
522553
Yes, with one issue. This device may not be able to broadcast through the roof. If you could mount it someplace where it does not have to go through metal would be best. Mine will beam through the composite hard top on my Jeep and my garage at the same time but any metal like a sheet metal roof blocks the signal.
606119
This can be done. It is similar to the use I did. Unfortunately, I was disappointed with the performance and I feel that it would work much better if I had placed it higher or outside. My desire was to get an HD channel and I found it not much better than the dipole I had previously used.
471733
This is a magnet mount mobile antenna, the metal body of the vehicle becomes the "ground plane" for this antenna. Although, if you have a metal roof on a shed or your house you could mount the antenna on it.
2027038
Yes you can. It should be used as the outside "donor" antenna preferably roof mounted to provide as much isolation between it and the inside distribution antenna(s). This directional antenna needs to be orientated toward your carrier's closest cell site which will serve as the donor. Be sure that your signal booster is approved under the new Federal Communications Commission rules for these devices and that you notify the carrier whose signal you will be rebroadcasting in compliance with these rules.
359533
yes you can mount the 99 on a tree limb, but, if you do so, you must, run a 12 gauge copper wire (strained or solid) if any coating is on the wire, peel it back 18" from the end and wrap the bare part around the bottom of the 99 antenna where normally the 2 mounting clamps go, after wraping tight, take some good, not the cheap type electrical tape and wrap around all the expose copper wire you just wrapped, make a solid wrap around at least 5 times around. where the taped ends when you cut it off from the roll, take a plastic tie wrap and put it close to the end of the tape, so later on, it can"t come un_done. now the length of the copper wire must be long enough to run down your tree to the bottom of the ground. now get you a grounding stake from lowes or home depot and close to the tree or where ever you want to put it, drive it into the ground where theres only 6" sticking up. now at the end of your 12 gauge copper wire cut back 12" of insulation and wrap the bare copper wire from the end around the grounding stake tight thats sticking out of the ground. take 2 radiator clamps 1 1/2" and tighten around and over the bare copper wire and tighten each one as you go to get as tight as possible, but don't over tighten. thats it, run your coax from the antenna along your ground wire down to about 15 feet from the bottom of the tree and let the coax swing over to the corner of your house or shed and then run it where it need to go to get to your radio. your done, also, remember on the 99 antenna, they must be as high as 36 feet to work 100%, but, the higher you get it, the better it operates on transmit and especially receive..... good luck! enjoy! daymon
1182274
Roof or gutter mount is required for 6 and 10m to work well. You need a ground for them to operate correctly. I have used this on a mag mount and it works fine for the 2m and 70cm bands.
335442
Mounted on roof should work great just aim correctly to get best signal. Install like any other large antenna. Its light weight for its size. Having flat terrain should work even better.
335440
I thought it was an easy install because we had an existing old antenna. We had it up on the roof in no time. Just follow the pictures for putting it together. Go to: http://www.tvfool.com/ to find the directions you'll need to point the antenna for your favorite channels. I live in the mountains with lots of trees and I get lots of channels.