Using Metal Roof For Ground Plane

So if you are planning on mounting all your antennas on the roof.

Using metal roof for ground plane. Roof shingle flashing comes precut to 8 x 12 galvanized steel and usually under a buck at the hardware store flat cookie sheets of the correct size pizza pans old circular saw blades paint can lids. Here s some potential materials you can easily use as a ground plane. Metal roofs make great ground planes for vhf uhf antennas. Top sellers most popular price low to high price high to low top rated products.

Metal conducts electricity but when you are dealing with a full roof a lightning strike would ground out through the rest of the structure without causing damage or harm to the interior. In stock at store today. The short answer is no you don t have to ground a metal roof and you will incur no additional risk if you don t ground it in most circumstances. 3 wide rib panel.

Over the years many amateur radio operators have successfully used a metal roof as the ground plane or radial system for their hf vertical antenna. This is possible with a metal roof on a home barn garage carport rv porch and metal sheds or awnings and even on commercial buildings. This is a new antenna much different than my other metal roof ground plane antenna. Indoor antennas you say.

On using a metal roof as an antenna the joints between panels are likely not soldered and are likely to form corroded diode junctions that generate rfi. You will most likely have to order the roofing metal in the amount and color specific to your house. It works just as well as the other. And for hf verticals.

You ll be in good shape. Approximately 15ft x 10ft of roof made of aluminum. I was worried about lightning so i decided to try a different design. This roof is approximately 20ft above grade and about 5 8ft below height of spot where antenna will go.

It would likely make a lousy antenna. Preferably near the center of the largest masses of metal.