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re: Getting local channels thru an antenna
Posted on 3/3/22 at 6:06 pm to ScoobyDont
Posted on 3/3/22 at 6:06 pm to ScoobyDont
This is a link that tells you all about your local channels. Enlarge the map, drag the blue pin to your location, and it tells you all the channels you should be able to get. It also tells you the true channel. An example would be WWL-TV channel 4 in New Orleans. On your tv, that channel is 4.1, which was VHF before the digital switch. Now it really is a UHF station on the frequency for UHF 27. If all the stations in your area are true UHF stations, you would not need to add high hats to the hoverman.
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Posted on 3/3/22 at 6:20 pm to BabyTac
I've actually got a sheet metal awning outside my living room window covering where I park my car and that wall happens to be where they routed cable for us at one time through. I pulled the old cable coax out and routed a coax through it connected to an eight buck antenna I got at Wal-Mart atop of the awning. I pick up like 30 channe!s most clear as day anything across baton rouge airwaves. I'm most glad with it I was paying cox over 200 monthly for a lot of crap I never watched or can online just as well. Granted I miss my DVR but ill live.
This post was edited on 3/3/22 at 6:23 pm
Posted on 3/3/22 at 6:32 pm to BabyTac
I have an Omni directional antenna and get about 15 or so channels.
Hooked the house feed cable into it and then plugged the tvs into the wall outlet.
You will likely need to hit your TV menu and do the “search channel” option to auto find working channels.
Also make sure u are on “cable” not antenna or HDMI source
Hooked the house feed cable into it and then plugged the tvs into the wall outlet.
You will likely need to hit your TV menu and do the “search channel” option to auto find working channels.
Also make sure u are on “cable” not antenna or HDMI source
Posted on 3/3/22 at 6:34 pm to tigeraddict
quote:100 channels? Bizarre shite? I have some questions as to how you achieved that
found like a hundred channels through my antenna when internet was out. Some pretty bizarre stuff too...
Posted on 3/3/22 at 6:37 pm to ScoobyDont
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ScoobyDont
You are putting in some work in this thread! Thanks baw, I was lurking but had to post and thank you.
Posted on 3/3/22 at 6:37 pm to BabyTac
Take the foil off your windows 
Posted on 3/3/22 at 6:38 pm to BabyTac
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I also live in the middle of a city so I’m sure it’s not a distance issue.
Could still be.
Some stations put their towers outside of towns, for instance I used to have an apartment smack dab in the middle of decent sized city and only picked up a few stations with an antenna.
Bought a house like 30 miles outside of that town and my TV actually picks up like 15 stations without an antenna even being connected.
I didn't even realize that was possible.
Posted on 3/3/22 at 6:53 pm to USMEagles
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In Atlanta I've found that antenna effectiveness varies widely by area.
Fourth floor of a Buckhead apartment building: lots of broadcast channels.
First floor of a Sandy Springs apartment building: nothing. Not one channel.
Single-family ranch house in Decatur: lots of broadcast channels, probably coming off Stone Mountain.
I'm in Griffin and have an OTA antenna and can pick up every channel w/no problem.
Ch.11 will get funky during storms w/the wind, though.
Posted on 3/3/22 at 7:02 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
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No issues here. I have antenna in attic. As other have said, let TV scan for channels
This. My house was wired before from direc tv to all my rooms. I just undid the wire that was connected to the splitter and connected it to a high end antenna I bought and I can get the local channels on all my tvs now
Posted on 3/3/22 at 7:37 pm to Tomatocantender
Thanks. I am a nerd, and I like to tinker. Sometimes that combination can be productive.
Posted on 3/3/22 at 8:05 pm to Townedrunkard
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My house was wired before from direc tv to all my rooms. I just undid the wire that was connected to the splitter and connected it to a high end antenna I bought and I can get the local channels on all my tvs now
Same here except cable, not Direct TV. Nola’s WWL 4 switches to national news at 7a, but they still continue the local show on 54. You tube TV doesn’t carry 54, so my wife (no pics) switches to OTA at 7a to watch it. We also discovered after Ida while waiting on internet that an OTA channel, “Generations”, broadcasts Cheers at 10 and 10:30p, so we still watch that at night.
Posted on 3/3/22 at 8:15 pm to Miketheseventh
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If not for OTA channels I wouldn’t have been able to watch any tv after Hurricane Ida. We were without power or internet for 16 days. I had planned ahead though. I already had the antenna mounted in the attic and coax run to all my tvs
During the ice storm we lost power, internet and cell service for 3 days. Was able to get a few OTA channels with rabbit ears. Because of that experience we now have a antenna mounted in the attic. Can get around 35 channels, a lot of it is crap, still better than staring at a wall, an having local news channels was very useful.
Posted on 3/3/22 at 8:41 pm to BabyTac
I would recommend an amplified antenna. Check Amazon maybe .
Posted on 3/3/22 at 8:52 pm to BabyTac
Dude, it’s not all as good as people make it sound. I live a fricking mile off I-10 in Houston. If anyone should get a channel selection, it would be this location. I catch like 7 stations and 4 are in Spanish. You still need to use your TV app and the Wifi.
Posted on 3/3/22 at 9:06 pm to ScoobyDont
You can also try antennaweb.org and locate local transmission towers based on your location.
Posted on 3/5/22 at 7:31 am to The Cool No 9
Ran a scan and I have 35 channels. I also have a stereo receiver near my tv with a coaxial input so the antenna I have outside splits to the tv and the receiver. I believe I have literally every FM radio station availab!e in BR as well which is pretty neat.
This post was edited on 3/5/22 at 7:32 am
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