"AndyS" wrote in message
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1) Just above the roof peak, straight along it, about 1 foot above.

Is the ridge vent metal? Usually it is covered with shingles, but sometimes
it is aluminum, sometimes plastic. I trust any foil backed insulation is in
the floor of the attic rather than the roof.

All other things being equal, I would expect the antenna to be noticeably
better above the roof, because there will be some attenuation indoors, and
greater proximity to noise makers, and things that can get overloaded by
your transmitter.. But I doubt it would be a huge difference, although on
wet days it may well be sigificant. If the vent is metal, then the attic
antenna, because you can get it farther from the vent, may well be better.

But "better" is a relative term. I suspect in 4-land you don't get the snow
and ice we get up here on the tundra, but I imagine you have pretty decent
storms come by once in a while. It may well be that the slight attentatuon
is a small price to pay for not having to re-string the antenna every time
hurricane season rolls around.

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