Ham Antennas Above Metal Barn Roof

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.

Ham antennas above metal barn roof. Fairly close to the roof so the ground plane is only a little. Also modern buildings have plumbing wiring etc. Thus buildings with a metal roof or many metal components will face difficulty watching tv. 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.

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. A metal roof discourages the transfer of signal by reflecting it away from you. As promised earlier we are now going. As an ultra beginner without a lot of investment in the hobby it was perfectly acceptable to have to climb onto the roof t.

Urban rooftop ham radio antenna. Over the years many amateur radio operators have successfully used a metal roof as the ground plane or radial system for their hf vertical antenna. On using a metal roof as an antenna the joints between panels are likely. 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.

And above the roof like a tree or a nearby house. I have just put up a magnetic loop on a metal aircraft hangar roof. 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.