How To Wire A Roof Antenna

If the antenna comes with a coaxial connector outside the plastic casing simply connect the outdoor coaxial cable to the antenna.

How to wire a roof antenna.

Assemble the outdoor tv antenna. The type of clamp connector will depend on the size of your ground wire. Carefully select the location of your aerial. Run a braided wire from each piece of equipment to a common point.

The best thing one can do to prevent stray rf is to connect the grounds of all equipment together and at a common point. Gunnison county metropolitan recreation district brings you this informational video about how to install an over the air tv antenna. You can also buy non penetrating mounts that use weights rather than screws to hold them in place. A base mount holds the antenna mast.

Do not install too close to electrical wires or tree branches. The minimum size wire you should use to connect the antenna to the house service ground is 10 awg american wire gauge which is 1 10th of an inch in diameter. Before you climb all the way on the roof read the instruction manual that came with the mounting kit. In some models the transformer is already built in.

A copper rod driven into the ground with an antenna on the roof is especially not an rf ground. If you have an outside roof antenna and the cable companies box is on the outside of your home what you can do is purchase a plastic utility box that is similar to their box then put it near the cable box and transfer all the wires from the cable box to your box with the exception of the line in from the street and the cable modem line. If your antenna supports the coaxial cable jump to step 8 directly. In order to mount an antenna on your roof without damaging it you should attach the antenna to the gable the fascia or the chimney.

Ground that point if possible. Use screws to secure the bracket. You may also apply silicone caulk to protect the screws from water penetration. Follow the manufacturer s instructions.

Use a solid copper wire and use the ground clamp to connect it to the house service ground. To install the antenna you ll first need to secure the bracket on the rooftop. Some antennas come with a coaxial cable but if you have a large antenna mounted on your home s roof it might use ribbon cables instead of a coaxial cable.