Install A Roof Antenna With Wire Under Headliner

When its lower than a few wavelengths and at multiples of 1 4 wavelength like 1 4 3 4 etc the pattern of a vertical antenna can be pushed upward and away from the horizon a bit lowering its gain at the horizon.

Install a roof antenna with wire under headliner.

During the installation i found a sirius xm antenna inside the cap on top of the driver s side cabinet up against 1 high aluminum angle on one side. Check in the center of the roof for a row of v shaped prongs across the car. You can also buy non penetrating mounts that use weights rather than screws to hold them in place. Second some may find large tv antennas to be unsightly.

Size plays a factor in two ways. Then work forward and install remaining side to side wires. I would consider a vhf uhf antenna over a huge metal roof ground plane similar to an hf antenna over earth ground. It required putting a small groove in the base of the factory antenna and then i sealed everything up with black rtv.

Installed sirius xm antenna on the roof where it belongs. You can adjust the listing wires upward or downward by utilizing appropriate holes in the sides. After two hours could not find the other end under the dash. Installing my xm antenna is exactly why i had the headliner out.

Then if present snap the listing wire or wires into longitudinal bow receptacles. First it may be more cumbersome to install a large tv antenna than a small one so you may want to enlist some help if you cannot manage it on your own. You want the listing wires. If you do not have the v prongs skip the next step.

The static noise signal fade has gradually returned and is as bad now as it was before dealer put on the electrical grease. Work toward the rear and install the side to side wires. Find the front of your new headliner and insert the bows in the listings sewn into the backside of the headliner. Now he tells me i have a short in the antenna wire which runs under the headliner.

Excess wire coiled up in same location. This is where the short bow will attach. Whatever you do do not put holes in your roof to attach your antenna. I mounted the antenna at the trailing edge of the roof and ran the wire down through the factory antenna mounting hole.

This solved the problem for about 4 months. As a general rule the farther an outdoor tv antenna s range the larger the antenna is.