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Antenna mounted in attic? (programming.dev)
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How poorly would an attic mounted antenna perform? Obviously worse than something outside, I'm guessing, but how much worse?

My office has one of those "side attics." It has a half sized door. Mounting a long antenna in there is very tempting because of how much easier it would be than doing anything outside. It's on the second floor as well.

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[–] Zachariah 6 points 2 days ago

I used to live in a suburb where roof TV antennas were not allowed. Houses either used cable TV or had a TV antenna in the attic.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What is the roof made of?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wood and shingles. Typical single family American home.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

On HF it probably wouldn't be too bad since the signals would generally just go straight through the surface. On VHF and above though it could be problematic.