[TowerTalk] copper roofs?

[Tom Osborne]

K4IA@aol.com wrote:
> 
> I have a tin roof on my house.  I asked a lot of questions like >yours and got darn few answers.  I think no one really knows.  >It definitely isn't "ground" and you can't consider the roof a >monolith because there are seams. 

Hi All

A friend of mine, W7IVX, moved to a new QTH and until he got his
80 meter beam up, he was using a HF-2 on top of a metal roofed
barn.  He tied the tin together with screws and it worked out
real well.   Not as good as the 2 el. on a 180 foot tower, but
sufficient to work some good DX.  Probably a lot better than a
dipole at the same height.  73
Tom W7WHY

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