Need lots of room keep them away from metal objects like heaters and ducts wire antennas can be run near the peak of the roof inside the attic bent in odd shapes to match the space available.
How to wire antenna from attic.
Bend the wires as much as necessary to make the dipole fit into the available space.
In order to really test it i decided to skip the step of a temporary outdoor deployment and just go ahead and put it in to it s final location.
The ge 20431 futura outdoor indoor attic tv antenna is one of the best looking options on the market.
Avoid placing antenna so that signal passes through objects in the attic.
To fit this antenna in an attic space i used an inverted v configuration.
Unun stands for unbalanced coaxial line to unbalanced antenna.
Not a problem though.
It bent quite a bit but i was able to.
It s a long way from the rabbit ear designs you might think of when picturing indoor antennas and much cooler looking than the metal contraptions often found outdoors.
Attic antennas many types of antenna can be mounted in the attic if you don t have radiant barrier tech shield.
This was found to be quieter and made the antenna less sensitive to frequency changes.
The ge 33692 attic mount hd antenna is a notable example of an antenna specially designed for placement in the attic.
Install a 9 1 unun at the antenna end of the coax.
I initially feed the dipole directly with a 1 1 balun and rg58 coax.
Get into the attic.
So small that the antenna was too big to fit through.
My attic access door is fairly small.
An ameritron 5 port remote rf antenna switch i had on hand was put into service.
This was okay but appeared noisy.
This antenna has all the reception power of an outdoor antenna but features a curved metal frame of reflectors that are designed for fitting easily into smaller attic spaces.
Don t worry if you lack the room to run the dipole in a straight line.
I later changed this by feeding the dipole twin feeder via a remote balun.
To install a tv antenna in your attic you have to go into the attic.
For directional antennas like yagis the most common type of antenna for tv installations it is necessary to ensure that the antenna is placed in the attic so that the signal path does not pass through a solid object even wiring can be an issue.
For example you can install a wire dipole in almost any attic space.
The one i recommend.
Installation of a wire antenna in my small attic as previously mentioned i ve recently built my first wire antenna.
In some countries it.
I just took the plastic ends of one side of the antenna and shoved it through the access door.
It did need a separate small gauge multi wire control cable to be run to the attic.
This sleek futuristic antenna easily blends in thanks to an.
