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Will any digital antenna work outdoors for tailgating.

Posted on 9/28/21 at 4:24 pm
Posted by 0x15E
Outer Space
Member since Sep 2020
14735 posts
Posted on 9/28/21 at 4:24 pm
I’ve got an digital antenna that I use for local channels. Looks sort of like this…



Curious I anyone know how one of these “indoor” antennas will work outdoors for tailgating. Are the traditional “rabbit ears” better? Or will this work.

It has a 40mi radius range btw.
Posted by BallsEleven
Member since Mar 2019
6163 posts
Posted on 9/28/21 at 4:57 pm to
As long as you are within range of the station it will work fine. Just point it in the right direction.
Posted by 0x15E
Outer Space
Member since Sep 2020
14735 posts
Posted on 9/28/21 at 5:12 pm to
Thanks. That’s what I figured.

It’s a multi-directional so I should be good.
Posted by VermilionTiger
Member since Dec 2012
38784 posts
Posted on 9/28/21 at 7:30 pm to
Depends on where you are

Baton Rouge? The CBS signal blows
Posted by Jimmy2shoes
The South
Member since Mar 2014
11004 posts
Posted on 9/28/21 at 9:45 pm to
quote:

Baton Rouge? The CBS signal blows


True
Posted by Big James
Harahan, Louisiana
Member since Jun 2018
191 posts
Posted on 9/29/21 at 12:42 pm to
The higher you have it the better reception you will receive. I suggest attaching it to a long wooden stick to raise it up.
Posted by bagboy333
Youngsville, LA
Member since May 2018
401 posts
Posted on 9/30/21 at 3:34 pm to
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The higher you have it the better reception you will receive. I suggest attaching it to a long wooden stick to raise it up


This is the answer. I tied mine to a painters extension pole and tied that to my tent lifting the antenna probably 15 to 17 feet above the ground. You may need additional cables due to distance.

No problems catching CBS.
Posted by TU Rob
Birmingham
Member since Nov 2008
13310 posts
Posted on 10/1/21 at 7:58 am to
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This is the answer. I tied mine to a painters extension pole and tied that to my tent lifting the antenna probably 15 to 17 feet above the ground. You may need additional cables due to distance.

No problems catching CBS.


I do something similar with my back porch TV. I bought one of the flat types pictured, and I have a longer Coax cable that I run outside and clip it up on my gutters when I'm watching broadcast TV out there. It is on the second floor of my house on my screened porch, so about 20 feet off the ground and it catches almost everything in Birmingham. A little trouble getting stuff like CW and PBS channels, but I'm not watching those. It is always Fox, NBC, CBS, or ABC for football or golf.
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