The original poster did not mention doing anything to his antenna or feed line. He just wondered if putting a new metal roof on his house would screw up his antenna. The answer, I think is probably not enough to notice, so go for it. A leaky roof is not a joy at all! Willis 'Cookie' Cooke K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS, USS Cavalla, USS Stewart
________________________________ From: Jim Bennett <w6...@mac.com> To: Elecraft Reflector Reflector <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Thursday, July 4, 2013 3:54 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT - anyone have experience with effects of metal roofs on antenna performace? Not sure I'm liking where this conversation is going. I answered the original poster's question as to whether a metal roof has been seen to adversely affect antenna performance, not advocate doing "stupid" things. My installation worked very well for me w/o running high power. I knew I WOULD be doing QRO after a new roof was installed and subsequently ran my feeder in an appropriate location. Jim / W6JHB On Thursday, Jul 4, 2013, at Thursday, 12:52 PM, John Marvin wrote: > I didn't see the original reply, but I just wanted to clear up one > misconception. Homeowner's insurance covers stupidity. Unless it can be > proved that you put that ladder line on the roof and ran high power through > it with the intention of burning the house down, you would be covered. > > 73, > John > AC0ZG > > On 7/4/2013 1:19 PM, Jim Bennett wrote: >> Yes. Yes I was. :-) >> >> On Thursday, Jul 4, 2013, at Thursday, 12:11 PM, Tom H Childers wrote: >> >>> You must have been running very low power. Laying any kind of >>> ladder-line on a roof, insulated or not, is an excellent way to have >>> a house fire that the insurance company will not pay for. Especialy a >>> shake shingle roof. >>> >>> 73, >>> Tom >>> Amateur Radio Operator N5GE >>> ARRL Lifetime Member >>> QCWA Lifetime Member >>> >>> [snip] >>> 73, >>> Tom >>> Amateur Radio Operator N5GE >>> ARRL Lifetime Member >>> QCWA Lifetime Member >>> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
