[Elecraft] OT - anyone have experience with effects of metal roofs on antenna performace?

[John Marvin]

Sorry, that was not my intention. We all do "stupid" things. The 
intention of my post was not to say that what you did was stupid. My 
illustration particularly mentioned running high power, which you 
already said you had not done, as an extreme to illustrate the point.  
Insurance won't cover it if it is proved to be an intentional act, and 
even intentional acts are covered for kids up to a certain age.

The intention was to clear up the misconception that if one of our homes 
was damaged or destroyed by doing something that in hindsight might not 
have been the wisest thing, insurance still would cover it. But I can 
see that this discussion could turn off into a long discussion that has 
nothing to do with Elecraft or ham radio, so it should probably die 
right here.

73,

John
AC0ZG

On 7/4/2013 2:54 PM, Jim Bennett wrote:
> Not sure I'm liking where this conversation is going. I answered the original poster's question as to whether a metal roof has been seen to adversely affect antenna performance, not advocate doing "stupid" things. My installation worked very well for me w/o running high power. I knew I WOULD be doing QRO after a new roof was installed and subsequently ran my feeder in an appropriate location.
>
> Jim / W6JHB
>
> On   Thursday, Jul 4, 2013, at  Thursday, 12:52 PM, John Marvin wrote:
>
>> I didn't see the original reply, but I just wanted to clear up one misconception. Homeowner's insurance covers stupidity. Unless it can be proved that you put that ladder line on the roof and ran high power through it with the intention of burning the house down, you would be covered.
>>
>> 73,
>> John
>> AC0ZG
>>
>> On 7/4/2013 1:19 PM, Jim Bennett wrote:
>>> Yes. Yes I was. :-)
>>>
>>> On   Thursday, Jul 4, 2013, at  Thursday, 12:11 PM, Tom H Childers wrote:
>>>
>>>> You must have been running very low power.  Laying any kind of
>>>> ladder-line on a roof, insulated or not, is an excellent way to have
>>>> a house fire that the insurance company will not pay for. Especialy a
>>>> shake shingle roof.
>>>>
>>>> 73,
>>>> Tom
>>>> Amateur Radio Operator N5GE
>>>> ARRL Lifetime Member
>>>> QCWA Lifetime Member
>>>>
>>>> [snip]
>>>> 73,
>>>> Tom
>>>> Amateur Radio Operator N5GE
>>>> ARRL Lifetime Member
>>>> QCWA Lifetime Member
>>>>
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