Hi all, this week I received the antenna etc. But the antenna is a little bit bent. Don't know if that affects the signal
#Bent antenna
rocky aspen
high mango
Probably not much, unless it was bent enough to break the conductor inside. It's actually a section of coax cable inside, I believe, so it'd take a lot to break it. You could probably massage it back to straight. That antenna is just a starter anyway - if you want to get serious, you really need a separate antenna, preferably outdoors with a clear view of the sky, but at least as far away from noise sources (electronics) as possible.
rocky aspen
Thank you! Okay, but we have solar panels on the roof. That are also noise sources I think?
high mango
not an expert, but I think the inverters associated with solar are the noisy parts .... those might not be on the roof?
fluid arch
Yeah that won’t really affect it at all, fell free to bend it back.