Especially if the wiring will be below the plane of the antenna.
Antenna attic ground plane.
Installation was simple enough.
Hi all due to hoa crankiness i have decided to install a couple antennas in my attic.
It is found that for a monopole antenna like a quarter wavelength vertical the ground acts as a plane to reflect the radio waves so that an image of the top half of the antenna is seen in the earth.
The base of the antenna is at dc ground so any metal or wire below the antenna will be invisible to it.
If you can in anyway get an antenna outdoors at height it will probably be a better solution than an indoor one.
I strung up a 1 2 wave dipole for the 10 meter band.
An antenna ground plane is not to be confused with an electrical ground.
I did that because my dipole seemed to just pick up a bunch of static and not much else.
The ge 33692 attic mount hd antenna is a notable example of an antenna specially designed for placement in the attic.
This sleek futuristic antenna easily blends in thanks to an.
With a power handling capacity of 500 watts this antenna can handle any cb or ssb transmission.
I don t believe electrical wiring should be an issue when mounting this antenna in the attic.
The only restriction may be building materials which may contain your signal.
If your attic is at a good height around 9 18 feet give or take this antenna will function much the same as any other vertical antenna at the same height.
A metal surface the larger and flatter the better is required underneath the cb antenna to launch the signal out into the atmosphere.
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.
As the name indicates the antenna ground plane acts as a simulated ground.
It is possible to simulate this function by replacing the real earth.
A typical mobile cb antenna does not transmit horizontally it radiates in a downward pattern.
Since its bandwidth also covers the full 10m amateur band the workman is an excellent hf antenna that you can employ where the ground plane isn t practical.
