Curious if you think this is feasable or not...
I currently have a diamond discone in the attic that gets decent reception, but am thinking it could better. Reception status on the HP1 shows signal strength on a majority of the system sites around town to be about a 6-7 out of 10. So I'm thinking it can be improved. And the only way to do it (or hope to) would be to mount something on the roof unobstructed. But I have an HOA to contend with. So what I'm considering is installing a single mast type antenna and devising a mounting system that allows it to be raised and lowered either by means of a set of pulleys/cable, or by a remote controlled motor. The idea would be that the antenna lays flat on the roof when retracted making it all but invisible, and vertical when in use. Since most of the monitoring I do is at night I believe I could get away with it as long as I remember to drop it down. Thing is, would it be more trouble than it's worth since I can already hear pretty much everything of interest with the discone? But if reception can be made better without anyone being any the wiser, why not?
I currently have a diamond discone in the attic that gets decent reception, but am thinking it could better. Reception status on the HP1 shows signal strength on a majority of the system sites around town to be about a 6-7 out of 10. So I'm thinking it can be improved. And the only way to do it (or hope to) would be to mount something on the roof unobstructed. But I have an HOA to contend with. So what I'm considering is installing a single mast type antenna and devising a mounting system that allows it to be raised and lowered either by means of a set of pulleys/cable, or by a remote controlled motor. The idea would be that the antenna lays flat on the roof when retracted making it all but invisible, and vertical when in use. Since most of the monitoring I do is at night I believe I could get away with it as long as I remember to drop it down. Thing is, would it be more trouble than it's worth since I can already hear pretty much everything of interest with the discone? But if reception can be made better without anyone being any the wiser, why not?
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