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Digital TV antennas in Baton Rouge
Posted on 11/2/21 at 6:52 am
Posted on 11/2/21 at 6:52 am
Anyone have any insight on the best antenna setup for this town? I tried one about five years ago and couldn’t catch WAFB and could only catch WBRZ once in a blue moon so I gave up on it. It was just a little cheapie leaf antenna and it was indoors, so I wasn’t trying too hard.
Now I kind of need one where I am, in a new house. For those of you that use them, what works? Any tips?
Now I kind of need one where I am, in a new house. For those of you that use them, what works? Any tips?
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Posted on 11/2/21 at 10:38 am to SpqrTiger
I have an attic antenna and catch almost 60 OTA stations. Had Cox years ago before streaming. When I did away with them, I attached the Cox feed coming into my house to the attic antenna. Now I get the antenna feed in each room through the coaxial cable. Also, there is no such thing as a digital antenna. The one I have I believe is an RCA that costs like $30.00.
Posted on 11/2/21 at 10:48 am to SpqrTiger
I got this for a tv on the back porch.
It works great and I am about 25 miles from the stations.
Bestbuy Rocketfish Antenna
Go to this website and enter your address. You can see hw far you are from the stations.
DTV Reception Maps
It works great and I am about 25 miles from the stations.
Bestbuy Rocketfish Antenna
Go to this website and enter your address. You can see hw far you are from the stations.
DTV Reception Maps
This post was edited on 11/2/21 at 10:51 am
Posted on 11/2/21 at 1:56 pm to mswiggins
Couple of things.
There are no Digital Antennas. All antennas are essentially the same. So don't worry about the 'digital' moniker.
Secondly, make SURE your antenna accepts VHF and UHF. Many are UHF only. In BTR, BRZ and AFB are still VHF. AFB is Channel 9 and BRZ is Channel 13 (really). So if your antenna is UHF only, that would explain what you described.
Digital signals today are unlike analog. They are there, or they are not. Your job is to put the antenna where they can grab the most signal.
Outside antennas are the best, aimed at the BTR transmitters. (Those towers are clustered along the Mississippi River near Brusly and Plaquemine.
If you must go with an indoor antenna, put it in a window on the side of the house facing the Brusly area.
There are no Digital Antennas. All antennas are essentially the same. So don't worry about the 'digital' moniker.
Secondly, make SURE your antenna accepts VHF and UHF. Many are UHF only. In BTR, BRZ and AFB are still VHF. AFB is Channel 9 and BRZ is Channel 13 (really). So if your antenna is UHF only, that would explain what you described.
Digital signals today are unlike analog. They are there, or they are not. Your job is to put the antenna where they can grab the most signal.
Outside antennas are the best, aimed at the BTR transmitters. (Those towers are clustered along the Mississippi River near Brusly and Plaquemine.
If you must go with an indoor antenna, put it in a window on the side of the house facing the Brusly area.
This post was edited on 11/2/21 at 1:57 pm
Posted on 11/2/21 at 2:10 pm to SpqrTiger
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I tried one about five years ago and couldn’t catch WAFB and could only catch WBRZ once in a blue moon so I gave up on it.
This is because of the different bands TV stations broadcast on. Most in the BR area are UHF but those 2 stations are HI-V (VHF). Your cheapo antennas will all get the UHF stations easily. The VHF stations require a better UHF/VHF antenna.
The ClearStream 4V is a solid option if you can put it in your attic our outside.
Posted on 11/3/21 at 2:06 pm to SpqrTiger
I'm curious about this as well. Haven't messed with OTA in a long time, probably going back to when I had Direct TV instead of Cox cable.
Where I live, I do remember having trouble getting all local channels, even with an old outdoor antenna stuffed into the attic. It was that way at my parents' house too, and their antenna was outdoors. You could get most, but couldn't get both WAFB and WBRZ at the same time, you had to rotate the antenna to get one or the other.
I do remember that this was after the change to digital, as I remember there being all sorts of 'secondary' channels attached to the big ones. 12.1, 12.2, etc.
Indoor, powered antennas also had issues. I didn't have big flat things, I had the little post towers that you'd plug in.
I think one of my problems is that my house faces East, and there are lots of trees and not a lot of big windows in the back (facing West). So for the guy who says "put in a window facing Brusly", I can't really do that.
It was bad enough that I eventually went to Cox, and never bothered to look again. If there is somehow a fix now, I'd be interested in learning it.
Where I live, I do remember having trouble getting all local channels, even with an old outdoor antenna stuffed into the attic. It was that way at my parents' house too, and their antenna was outdoors. You could get most, but couldn't get both WAFB and WBRZ at the same time, you had to rotate the antenna to get one or the other.
I do remember that this was after the change to digital, as I remember there being all sorts of 'secondary' channels attached to the big ones. 12.1, 12.2, etc.
Indoor, powered antennas also had issues. I didn't have big flat things, I had the little post towers that you'd plug in.
I think one of my problems is that my house faces East, and there are lots of trees and not a lot of big windows in the back (facing West). So for the guy who says "put in a window facing Brusly", I can't really do that.
It was bad enough that I eventually went to Cox, and never bothered to look again. If there is somehow a fix now, I'd be interested in learning it.
Posted on 11/3/21 at 4:10 pm to Scoob
This week I erected a GE antenna ($45 from Amazon) about 12-14 feet above corner of house. Pointed it west south west because I am off ONeal in BR. So far catching about 40 channels with very good strength. Ready for the storms and cable outages.
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