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Originally Posted by tomwed
Omne makes a tv antenna that looks like a frisbee and weights less then 2 pounds.
I'm wondering if I mounted it on the plastic pipe that is the water systems vent and snaked the cable down the vent to a hole I drill into the pipe if it would be easier and just as safe as any other way. I could caulk around the hole in the plastic vent.
I think my vent is near all the cables that go to the tv's too.
Since I have never seen anyone do it this way so I'm guessing there must be a reason.
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Those are usually OMNI-directional. You need an antenna that is "focused" in the proper direction. Sometimes call a YAGI. Usually you wil get much higher gain that wayfrom where you want to get the signal (south) as it all is "concentrated" in the direction you need rather than 360 degrees around you. If you look at roofs around here 99% of the antennae are yagi (directional) types. If you search this forum there are probably 90 other threads with the same question and lots of information.