an amplifier! why didn't I think of that! any suggestions? On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Victor Odhner 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! > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: