In the loft

In the loft

hi can anybody tell me if a small 2 & 70 antenna would be just as good fixed in a loft, or would a tiled roof be a problem, cant put any antennas outside planning permission problems, many thanks, jock

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thanks for that steve, i was thinking of a little watson type w50 i think it is, not to big,,

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thanks everybody, its a vertical antenna a watson 2 & 70cm, about 4ft tall thats all,

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thanks tony, another idea if it would be better is a crossed yagi with rotator, would that be better than a vertical, it is a fairly big attic/loft,

Good idea. Since you, probably, would not want to use circular polarisation you could either feed each polarity separately with its own feeder or use a good quality co-ax relay and just one feeder run.
Since you are working in a lossy situation the quality of the co-ax will be particularly important.
Make sure you get a good quality antenna. There are a few suspect ones out there.
Or, if you have the time, make one.
Look forward to seeing you on 2 or 70. :)

Cheers

Tony

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thanks for all the help, time to experiment, at least it will be indoors and not outside in this weather,, cheers everybody,,jock

Good luck Jock, let us know how you get on...

Great that, that is what this hobby is all about.. :D :D :D