[time-nuts] GPS antenna in attic?

[J. Forster]

There are ways to do it w/o drilling holes. Most all houses have vent
stacks for the plumbing, typically 3 or 4 inch cast iron or thick plastic.

You can clamp a couple of feet of pipe onto one of those and run the wire
to under an eve or through a gable end, adding a drip loop of course.

But, if it were my house and I just wanted to discipline my local
standard, I'd try the attic first. Among other things, you can get to the
antenna w/o climbing on the roof!

New England is not sunny CA.

-John

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> On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 8:50 AM, Peter Gottlieb <nerd at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> I'm beginning to set up in my new house and planning where all my
>> various
>> antennas are going to go.  Being a wood frame building, I was wondering
>> if
>> it was sufficient to simply mount my Thunderbolt GPS antenna high in the
>> attic.
>
>
> It will work but it will be far from optimal.  All you need to do is get a
> big drill bit and  drill through the roof and put up an iron galvanized
> pipe.  Put a pipe flange on the end and bolt the GPS antenna to that.
> You
> will need some metal flashing and roofing tar and then you will have a
> first class setup.  You run the coax down the pipe.   The timing antennas
> are pointed on top so snow falls off
>
> Chris Albertson
> Redondo Beach, California
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