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An Alfa AWUSO36NH USB wifi card, an [Alfa R36 802.11 b/g/N Repeater and Range Extender for AWUS036H](https://www.amazon.com/Alfa-R36-Repeater-Extender-AWUS036H/dp/B004ZF0I3U/], a TP-Link 2.4GHz 24dBi Directional Grid Parabolic Antenna, and depending on how far away it is, a TP-Link 2.4GHz 24dBi Directional Grid Parabolic Antenna, and a TRENDnet Low Loss Reverse SMA Female to N-Type Male Weatherproof Connector Cable. You'll also need a tripod mount, and a meter long pole. This setup is very directional, but if you have a clear line of site, it's perfectly doable.

WESH is the toughest to get, from my experience. I live near downtown Melbourne and here's what I did:

I have this antenna mounted to this pole and run into this amplifier, which then goes to all of my TVs. The pole must be placed as high as possible where the antenna can point towards the northwest.

I used this website to get the number of degrees the WESH tower is from my location, then used a standard compass to point the antenna directly at the WESH tower.

Not only do I get WESH, but I get every other OTA channel that I know of, and a whole bunch that I wish I didn't.

Stick a satellite dish mount at the peak of your roof, and attach the discone to that. I've used one of these for a weather station: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001DFS49U/

This sounds similar to what I wanted to accomplish, and I'm getting closed to finish putting this together (I've been taking my sweet time on it... procrastinating in other words. I could have had it finished super fast). I wanted to have a solar setup to run a backup sump pump in case I lose power and I'm out of town. Here's what I have:

Solar panel kit. Comes with the controller (the little box that your panel plugs into that regulates the juice so your battery charges but doesn't overcharge).

Mounting Bracket for panel. There are a hundred different ways to mount a panel on a house or anything else. This is what I used. In hindsight, it was sort of a pain and I should have gotten a better one that attaches with two arms on either side, not just the one in the middle.

Pole that attaches to house for the mounting bracket.

Brace to go between that pole and the roof, because it turned out there's too much off-center weight and the pole wanted to pivot downward.

Deep cycle marine battery (I didn't get this online, but you can get them at all sorts of stores).

That's really all you need. Then you connect whatever 12v thing to the battery. You can wire up something like this to the battery to have convenient spots to plug stuff in. I'm actually building a whole "control panel" just because I like to go overkill. I'm including one of these multimeters so I can easily monitor the system at a quick glance.

I'll probably also incorporate a small inverter at some point so I can plug in lower-wattage A/C devices should the need arise. I'm also putting everything together in a way that I could expand it relatively easily (more panels, more batteries, even a small wind turbine).

So all that stuff I bought already came to about 190.00 plus battery (I don't remember.... let's say $130 for that). So once I include all the stuff I bought for the backup pump, pipes, conduit, extra wire, I'm still only at $500 or less.

We are also about to mount put an antenna on the roof. I’ve been looking into non-penetrating “ballast antennas.“

Something like one of these:

https://www.amazon.com/Five-Non-Penetrating-Roof-Mount-Vertical/dp/B01B86EMNK/

https://www.amazon.com/Non-Penetrating-Roof-Mount-satellite/dp/B003L1BCCK

Although it’s not showing in those photos, these antennas can fold in the middle, meaning that they can go over the peak of a roof top hanging equal amounts down on each side, flush against the sloping roof.

The big empty framed areas on each side are where you put cinderblocks to weigh the thing down.

If this works the way I think it well, we can try mounting the antenna at one slightly lower peek on our roof, and see how it works for a few weeks or months. If we don’t like it, we can go up, pull the cinderblocks out, move it, and replace the cinderblocks to try it in a new location.

If you do a Google Images search for “ballast antenna,“ the first couple hits will show these with cinder blocks inside them. Then, about 15 down, on my search results anyway, you can see a picture of one of them in the folded position.

I’m wondering if anyone has tried these, and has any opinion about them.

If you’re running the cable along your siding you might be able to push the cable up underneath—let it sit inside the “lip” of the siding where the pieces connect to one another. I’d recommend using these pieces of hardware as well:

Flex Clips

Bushings

Pitch Patch

You can use the pitch patch behind the bushings so they adhere to the siding and create a better seal. Fill the holes with expanding foam if needed.