[TowerTalk] Metal House Siding and Antennas

[L. B. Cebik]

I lived in a house many years ago with aluminum siding and encountered the
following problem (as closely as I can analyze it:  junctions of siding
strips to another created what as best I can tell amounted to diode
junctions that produced an array of signals (mine) at many frequencies
above and below the operating frequency--all the way from broadcast AM
band to TV.  I am certain that the siding strips were not electrically
bonded.  Whether metal siding has improved since those days, I cannot say,
because I have never let myself live in or next to an aluminum sided
house.  I have resided a house in quality vinyl and must say that I like
the properties of that siding--both as a siding and for amateur radio
purposes.

These are the experiences of one person, and hence should not be
generalized too far.

-73-

LB, W4RNL


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