ot- HD ota

[Michael Havens]

an amplifier! why didn't I think of that! any suggestions?

On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Victor Odhner <vodhner at cox.net> wrote:

> Try putting it up high, or near a window facing South Mountain.
>
> So much depends on your location.
>
> I took down our roof antenna because we were getting a new roof. To spare
> my family the grief of several days without TV, I bought an indoor antenna
> and put it in our crawlspace facing south towards TV Hill, ~18-20 miles
> away slightly behind Piestewa peak. I'm near SR51 & Thunderbird.
>
> Played with the positioning and direction, but lost several must-have
> stations. I had family doing channel scans as I laid in the crawlspace, but
> had to back away from the antenna each time because my body affected the
> signal.
>
> I added an amplifier which helped a little.
>
> Finally folded up our *large* roof array and deployed it inside the
> crawlspace, facing the way that had worked while on the roof. That works
> almost as well as the roof, but Channel 5 is badly pixellated and if I park
> my little pickup truck in the carport right under the array, several
> channels are messed up.
>
> So I'll have to put it back on the roof. That's a pain because the wind
> turns it around if I don't guy it from all sides. But I know the best
> direction so it'll be solid once I'm done.
>
> Lots of articles about this. Outdoor is best, higher is better. Any
> obstacles may block an indoor antenna, especially metal in the wall. But
> indoor can be great when you're only 12 miles away and have the antenna on
> the side facing TV Hill, especially if that is in line of sight (i.e. no
> major obstructions).
>
> Our array is about 8 feet front to back, and the rearmost cross-element is
> about that wide too. It’s served us well, the only problem is when the wind
> twists it away from proper direction. “Good” alignment is anywhere in a
> range of 10 - 20 degrees. In PHX you don't need a rotator for major
> channels because all the action is on TV Hill.
>
> On the roof we got solid signals from 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 15, 45, 61 plus
> several stations we don't use.
>
> Good Luck!
>
>
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