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Old 27-Oct-2014, 2:05 PM   #8
tradewinds
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Originally Posted by timgr View Post
You mean around 25'?

The attic and the roof are nowhere near equivalent locations, even at the same height. Everything we've been talking about is in the free air. Attics are a whole other story.

You can get to 50' from a 30' roof peak. Buy a 20' extendable mast, and mount it to the peak with a mount like this - http://www.antennapartsoutlet.com/Pa...DGEMOUNTS.html Run guy wires down to the roof edges.
Yes, you're right. About 25-26 ft. But I agree, free air is what I was also thinking as my current antenna is at about 23 feet on one of those dish J-mount at the edge of the roof.

The WAF of a 20ft on the top with guy wire is probably going to be a challenge very difficult to win. If that is the only way, then at least I now know what is realistic to achieve.
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