[amsat-bb] Antenna Location

[Burns Fisher]

Rich,  the attic has always seemed like an attractive location to me, but
I'd suggest before you go that route, do some reception checking.  For
example,  see how well you receive one of the Foxes on an HT on the ground
outside, and then go to the attic and see how similar it is.

For reasons unknown, the last time I tried this I was totally unable to get
ANYTHING in the attic, although I know some people have done well there..
I wonder if it relates to the spacing of the nails compared to the
wavelength, or something about the particular mixture of material used in
the shingles?

On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 4:44 PM Bob Hammond via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> I use a fiberglass mast by MGS for my M2 LEO antennas and G5500 rotator.
> Works fine.
> You may not have enough room for the guy lines?  I have expired HOA
> covenants, the best kind!
> Mine is up about 30-35 feet.  PM me for details if you're interested.
>
> Bob W7OTJ
>
> On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 12:08 PM Rich Gopstein via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
> > Thanks.  I've gotten a number of responses ranging from:
> > Put up a tower
> > Put it in the attic
> > Put it on a tripod on the roof
> > And - yours - put it somewhere reasonable and don't freak out about the
> > attenuation.
> >
> > The garage and the house both have 8/12 pitch roofs, so that's my concern
> > with mounting on the roof.  I've done it before but I'm happy about it.
> > The garage is lower, so less of a fall, but still steep.
> >
> > I might be able to get a small AZ/EL setup inside the attic above the
> > garage.  The issue there is my shack is on the exact opposite side of the
> > house.  So, I'd most likely need to move the shack to the garage attic.
> > There's power up there, but no insulation.  Maybe I could put the IC-9700
> > there and remotely control it?
> >
> > I've thought about a tower... But there are so many tower options, it's a
> > little daunting.  If I put the tower just outside where the shack is, I'd
> > need about 38' to clear the highest peak of the house roof.  I could go
> > lower and just live with a little extra attenuation from the house roof.
> > And I assume any tower would come with the need to deal with the local
> > zoning/permit guys.  If I go that route, I'd want the tower to be high
> > enough to use as the center of a dipole also.
> >
> > Too many options...
> >
> > Rich
> > KD2CQ
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 2:18 PM satop <satop at protonmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Rich, my last location was worse than yours I believe.  I lived in an
> > > large city two story home with 9' ceilings and a large peak roof, think
> > > 1903 style.  There was a three story home on the east side and a three
> > > story church on the west.  Three very large oak trees in the front and
> > very
> > > poor aim points to the north.  I mounted my tripod on a one story wood
> > shed
> > > on the north end of the home.  I had about a 60' run of hardline to the
> > > shack and used high gain yagi antennas for vhf/uhf.  This setup worked
> > > fantasy and always was amazing to me.  I even pre purchased a Super-Amp
> > > SP-7000 for UHF but never found that I needed it.  Use some antennas
> with
> > > some gain and I'll bet you'll be just fine mounting on the garage or
> > lower
> > > build.
> > >
> > > Gary/N8AYY
> > >
> > >
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