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[Michael Havens]

I got this one: Amp
<http://www.amazon.com/RCA-Digital-Amplifier-Indoor-Antenna/dp/B004HB2X4Y%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q%26tag%3Dduckduckgo-d-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB004HB2X4Y>

On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 6:12 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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