Will an outdoor FM antenna work indoors?

313 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:24 pm

Will an outdoor FM antenna work indoors even if it is not mounted indoors?

format this · **Posted:** Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:42 pm

313 wrote:

Will an outdoor FM antenna work indoors even if it is not mounted indoors?

Go to the Engineering section and ask there. You'll get a response.

audiophile · **Posted:** Thu Jul 29, 2010 7:03 am

It will work indorrs, just not as good (as any antenna would work better outdoors)....

Mickey Lolich · **Posted:** Fri Jul 30, 2010 11:52 am

313 wrote:

Will an outdoor FM antenna work indoors even if it is not mounted indoors?

Um, you really do have to mount it indoors if you want it to work indoors. If it's not indoors, then perhaps it may be .....um, I don't know....outdoors?

Marcus · **Posted:** Fri Jul 30, 2010 12:59 pm

It depends on the reception area. For rejecting an interfering station, a directional antenna might work in an attic if it faces the right way. Fringe reception is just as dependant on where the antenna is. A dirt cheap homemade dipole mounted in a good location is sometimes as good as it gets. A good location is as high as possible away from metal.

WOHO · **Posted:** Fri Jul 30, 2010 4:24 pm

Your attic will work decent - but you can't have aluminum siding or it doesn't work as well.

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