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can i ask dumb newbie questions about OTA tv antennas and reception itt? i'm thinking about putting an antenna in my attic, but the thing is, i have a metal (tin i think) ceiling in the room below the area where the antenna would go*. will this interfere with the antenna and thus make this effort moot? i don't want to go to the trouble of running a cable, buying and mounting the antenna, etc if it's not going to work crazy follow up question - could i use the ceiling as an antenna?  * to simplify a bit, pretend the transmitter i'm mostly going for is north, the antenna in the attic would be facing that and the tin ceiling would be south of that
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to clarify, this is a metal ceiling, not a metal roof. it's for ~*~*aesthetics*~*~
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Feb 23, 2014 16:58
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Jonny 290 posted:it will act as a sort of ground plane. as long as your OTA antenna is a few feet above it, you'll be fine. Just dont set it six inches off the thing and expect great operation ok cool thanks fwiw i'm reading up on using a metal roof as an antenna because lol if it could be done that easily, apparently it can work for am radio but obviously not the best idea b/c of lightning. anyhow thinking about it more, tv antennas are directional so no surprise a big flat piece of metal won't work 
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Feb 23, 2014 17:14
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i barely know what's going on in this thread but  anyway
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Feb 24, 2014 01:23
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Kevin Mitnick P.E. posted:do you just have to take a test to get a ham radio license. basically i'm thinking of not actually messing with radios but getting a ham license and telling my wife that only licensed radio operators get to tune the car radio i loled
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Feb 24, 2014 15:45
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dad jokes best jokes also i challenge anyone that says you can't make dad jokes if you're not a dad, you just have less people to torture with them e: nuff said, i don't want to derail this awesome thread
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Jonny 290 posted:how did you connect it, did you run coax? i already have a coax run through my house so i'm just using that for now. two cable joins and a pre-amp, possibly more because i don't know what's in the wall. i also have some coax i will use if i do set it up outside which would leave me with one join and the pre-amps. so right now it's: - antenna - coax (6' or so) - pre-amp - joiner (i.e. wall plate) - more coax (40' or so) - joiner - even more coax (20' or so) - tv i've also been trying it with the pre-amp between the coax and the tv and that works but not quite as well i'm using the same setup to test inside and outside. i think my eavetroughs are interfering outside, but when i go further from the house it gets even worse, maybe due to neighbouring buildings e: this is all rg6 coax Cold on a Cob fucked around with this message at 22:09 on Jan 1, 2015 |
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Jan 1, 2015 22:04
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i have no idea what's going on in this thread but did anyone read my antenna post? i just put it in the basement and aim it at a wall that i assume everything is reflecting off of and i get most of the channels i want. also my paperclip fm radio antenna is still going strong.
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Jan 5, 2015 00:13
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radio waves are neat i can see why y'all sperg out about them  it's funny and cool that i aimed a directional antenna at like a 120 degree angle away from the broadcast source and reception improved substantially
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Jan 5, 2015 04:19
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i saw a bunch of those cards on the wall when i visited the ham radio station @ the diefenbunker (VE3CWM)
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Jan 9, 2015 19:38
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that's cool atomicthumbs
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don't worry, he only ragequit the forums, not life
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