How To Run A Roof Antenna

An astute reader asked me about grounding the antenna in the comments of the review.

How to run a roof antenna.

Pause up to 90 minutes of live antenna tv when you connect a 16 gb or larger usb drive to your tv. More ways to watch. The presence of a mounted satellite dish on the roof will actually be an advantage when it comes to getting started with an hdtv antenna. By far the most critical factor for tv antenna placement is height.

Or so i thought. If the cable modem is in a bedroom and the wire at the wall is split to provide tv and cable modem service then they will need to run a new wire directly to the cable modem. For outdoor tv antennas the best locations are on your roof or garage. While you re watching tv on cable satellite or using an hdtv antenna we ll show you where you can find more episodes and related programming on.

Now as i was replacing an existing outdoor antenna i simply hooked the antenna up to the already grounded coaxial cable coming off the roof. I inspected the wiring of my antenna with the intention of doing a write up on how it was grounded. The higher you can get the antenna either inside our outside of your home the better your tv reception will be. Tv antenna positioning consideration 1 height.

Run the coaxial cable and grounding wire across your roof securing them along the way using a nail gun and insulated u clamp nails.