Non-permanent method to mount TV antenna?

Uh! Something heavy on the roof. Danger! I remember my parent's sat dish stopped working after a storm. My father and I went up under the roof and found out that the tube holding it was only fixed with two hose clamps. Turned the tube until reception quality was okay again, fixed the clamps and went down.

If there is some tube at the outside of your house you can fix such a tube with a dish mounted on top at it. Or if there is some gap somewhere in the roof put the tube through it. Or if you can drill a few holes to the wall mount it at the outside. Or... - be creative!

virtuPIC

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is there a chimney? you can get a metal pole for a mast and long chimney straps in home depot to mount antennas. this doesn't require any permanent changes.

Nope.

Put it in the attic. If that doesn't work well enough, talk to the landlord. I wouldn't expect it to be a big issue as long as you agree to leave the mounting hardware in place when you leave.

Jerry

Antenna probably work just as well laid parallel to the roof on the roof as they do 1 meter above the roof on a pole.

if the roof is wood and asphalt, putting it in the attic might work almost as well. I remember living in a dorm in college, we lived on the top floor of the building, we simply taped the antenna to the ceiling.

nate

Jerry wrote in news:3bb80afe-2837-4b39-9add- snipped-for-privacy@s50g2000hsb.googlegroups.com:

Boy if that doesn't should like a plot for a Tim Allen or Red Green episode.

re: Boy if that doesn't should like a plot for a Tim Allen or Red Green episode.

Couldn't be a Tim Allen episode - unless the antenna was rotated by a

I was thinking 3 Stooges myself.

Jerry

Nope no chimney... but there may be a PVC pipe used for exhaust form he gas furnace...will have to look

DerbyDad03 wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@a70g2000hsh.googlegroups.com:

I didn't watch that Tim Allen show regularly but did catch the one where he turbocharged the dishwasher or garbage disposal.

Better yet, weld a TV antenna and mast to the top of an old junked pickup truck. Paint the truck in camouflage. Install a gun rack (with large shotguns), install dual CB antennas, and put a Redneck Confederate flag in all windows on the truck. Inflate all the tires to 60lbs. Then get a crane to lift the truck onto the house roof, with left tires on one side of the ridge and right tires on the other side. Run your cable down to an open window and connect to your tv. You now have a roof mounted antenna, plus a set of dual CB antennas just in case you get the urge to Breaker Breaker good buddy ---- 10-4 Roger. You never made a hole in the roof, or modified the house in any way. I do hope you set the parking brake on the truck though.

The Home Wrecker

re: I do hope you set the parking brake on the truck though

The parking brake rusted solid years ago and the cable was cut.

Just leave it in gear and you'll be all set.