Installation of a wire antenna in my small attic as previously mentioned i ve recently built my first wire antenna.
How to wire antenna from attic.
It will be next to impossible to drill downward under the portion of the roof that slopes to the attic floor without a right angle drill.
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.
My attic access door is fairly small.
Avoid placing antenna so that signal passes through objects in the attic.
An ameritron 5 port remote rf antenna switch i had on hand was put into service.
When working from an attic space it will be significantly easier to access a wall space on the floor below by working either an interior wall or the exterior wall that is on the gable end of the structure.
And also would run a rotor wire too if you want to put antenna on the rotor make sure leave extra if you need to install it on the roof if attic mount don t work out.
It not really hard to do it just like some poster above just look around in the room and other room and then look in the attic.
Would run rg 6 quad as sat feed need to be rg 6 quad.
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.
It bent quite a bit but i was able to straighten the tines back.
Not a problem though.
In some countries it.
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.
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.
The ge 33692 attic mount hd antenna is a notable example of an antenna specially designed for placement in the attic.
So small that the antenna was too big to fit through.
The effective range of most antennas is lowered by 10 15 miles with an attic installation so you may consider getting a more powerful antenna than you would typically need with an outdoor antenna.
It did need a separate small gauge multi wire control cable to be run to the attic.
I just took the plastic ends of one side of the antenna and shoved it through the access door.
The ge 20431 futura outdoor indoor attic tv antenna is one of the best looking options on the market.