The opposite, actually. This adventure started here. The abridged version is below:
- I used an old satellite dish mount on my old roof to mount an external adsb antenna
- Found the coax port in the house it connected to and used this dicussion page to solicit suggestions
- This setup worked well for 5 years.
- Since I was having a new roof installed, I wanted to do away with the dish mount and move the antenna to the attic, based on the “Featured Host of the Month” in the October 2024 Flight Aware News Network. I thought it was a fair compromise, since I no longer had a way to mount the antenna externally
- I moved my antenna indoors with the old roof and found I had BETTER performance, as the antenna was mounted higher than where it was when it was outside on the roof
- With the new roof installed, the reception dropped, which lead to my troubleshooting on this forum
My outside testing will only be temporary as to confirm the loss in range is due to the roof. I suspect is it now, but want to eliminate the variable. However, this experience while stressful on the front end has been a nice learning experience. I find myself appreciative and humbled by the help of others here in the FA community. You all rock!