[time-nuts] GPS antenna in attic?

[J. Forster]

I considered that about 5 years ago when I reroofed. The roofing
contracctor told me that anything like a skylight is very, very hard to
make and keep leakproof. You really, really don't want a leaky roof.

-John

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> Or install a frosted dome type skylight as a radome lights the attic and
> allows for better reception
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Nov 25, 2012, at 10:15 PM, "J. Forster" <jfor at quikus.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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