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Ota antenna
Posted on 4/20/16 at 8:57 pm
Posted on 4/20/16 at 8:57 pm
I'm in central and I can barely get 3 channels from a mohu type antenna. It is supposed to be 35 mile. What am I missing?
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Posted on 4/20/16 at 9:18 pm to Hu_Flung_Pu
Are in placing it in the attic?
This post was edited on 4/20/16 at 9:19 pm
Posted on 4/20/16 at 9:41 pm to Hu_Flung_Pu
buy an old school winegard from amazon and hang it in the attic
Posted on 4/20/16 at 9:54 pm to 756
Dammit I'm lazy.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 10:33 pm to 756
quote:put it on the roof. Screw the attic.
buy an old school winegard from amazon and hang it in the attic
Posted on 4/20/16 at 10:57 pm to Hu_Flung_Pu
quote:Move your house closer to the towers when you wanna watch a show
I'm in central
Posted on 4/20/16 at 11:17 pm to Hu_Flung_Pu
quote:
I'm in central and I can barely get 3 channels from a mohu type antenna. It is supposed to be 35 mile. What am I missing?
You should be getting 30+ channels in your area. Where is your antenna, is your house covered by a lot of trees, etc? There's a lot of things that could impact signal
Posted on 4/20/16 at 11:25 pm to DoubleDown
I forgot the site, but you can see where the towers are around your area. I'd suggest pointing your antenna that way
Posted on 4/20/16 at 11:26 pm to Hammertime
Tv fool
Posted on 4/21/16 at 5:26 am to Hammertime
Posted on 4/21/16 at 7:09 am to Hu_Flung_Pu
Put this in your attic.
Posted on 4/21/16 at 7:28 am to DoubleDown
quote:
Where is your antenna, is your house covered by a lot of trees, etc? There's a lot of things that could impact signal
Yeah I guess there are a lot of trees but I had the same problem when I lived on Millerville in those apartments. I've never had luck with table top antennas. Is it just time that I put on in the attic and stop being lazy?
Posted on 4/21/16 at 7:35 am to Hu_Flung_Pu
Yes
Posted on 4/21/16 at 8:20 am to Hu_Flung_Pu
quote:
Is it just time that I put on in the attic and stop being lazy?
The placement of any antenna is the key. Put it on the side of the house where there is a minimum of building materials through which the signal has to pass, preferably with just the roof sheathing and shingles between the antenna and outside. A bathroom or an air conditioning unit or several walls in the path will almost certainly give you bad results.
Posted on 4/21/16 at 9:47 am to BiggerBear
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Put this in your attic.
I just put the HDB4X in my attic hanging from a coat-hanger (just to see if I could get signal before permanently mounting it in there), and it got a rock solid signal from 40 miles out.
I think I may test mounting it on my old DirecTv dish to see if the parabolic dish has a positive effect on signal strength before I mount it in the attic though.
ETA: Just did some research. A DirecTv dish just isn't big enough
This post was edited on 4/21/16 at 9:59 am
Posted on 4/21/16 at 3:41 pm to WavinWilly
That would have looked ghetto anyway
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