Using Metal Roof For Ground Plane

You will also need a large garbage can a jigsaw or power metal shear a staple gun a drill and assorted drill bits 1 inch roofing nails metal roofing screws and self drilling self sealing wood screws.

Using metal roof for ground plane.

I was worried about lightning so i decided to try a different design. In stock at store today. Indoor antennas you say. This roof is approximately 20ft above grade and about 5 8ft below height of spot where antenna will go.

Roof shingle flashing comes precut to 8 x 12 galvanized steel and usually under a buck at the hardware store flat cookie sheets of the correct size pizza pans old circular saw blades paint can lids. Metal roofs make great ground planes for vhf uhf antennas. Top sellers most popular price low to high price high to low top rated products. So if you are planning on mounting all your antennas on the roof.

And for hf verticals. Over the years many amateur radio operators have successfully used a metal roof as the ground plane or radial system for their hf vertical antenna. 3 wide rib panel. On using a metal roof as an antenna the joints between panels are likely not soldered and are likely to form corroded diode junctions that generate rfi.

It works just as well as the other. This is possible with a metal roof on a home barn garage carport rv porch and metal sheds or awnings and even on commercial buildings. The short answer is no you don t have to ground a metal roof and you will incur no additional risk if you don t ground it in most circumstances. You ll be in good shape.

The roof slopes slightly down towards ground to flow water and snow off. This is a new antenna much different than my other metal roof ground plane antenna. The actual height of the metal roof above ground is not especially important for an hf quarter wave vertical antenna. It would likely make a lousy antenna.

Preferably near the center of the largest masses of metal. Approximately 15ft x 10ft of roof made of aluminum.