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In Reply to: Any Experience with HDTV Antennas out there? posted by Paul in Sterling on September 16, 2003 at 02:33:02:
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I actually already have a pole and a old antenna with rotator mounted to my chimney (No Antenna Lead) that needs to be replaced. I want to do this job once and put in the best possible antenna. From the referenced web site I received the following results:You need a Medium Directional Antenna with pre-amp.
These medium-size, multi-element antennas are the most popular rooftop antenna because of their modest size and ghost-reducing characteristics. These are best used if there are any ghost-producing reflective structures near your location.What does that translate into as far as brand/model?
Thanks (seriously) for all your help...
... Paul
Paul -Read my comments above. How far do you live from the broadcast stations? Unless you're in the sticks, just go out and buy a decent antenna from RadioShack or Ace Hardware. Use high quality quad-shield RG6U coax cable and keep it short if possible. Unless you're in a fringe area, I wouldn't bother with a preamp.
Try posting your question over at the HD hardware forum at AVS.I am waiting for Cox Hampton Roads to offer their HD cable before I decide on that or a Sat/OTA unit. But in this area, all the local stations transmit from Driver, Va., so it supposedly makes aiming the antenna easier.
On a side note, some of the guys living around the Oceana NAS jet base have had to upgrade to better antennas, due to signal drop out every time a tomcat or super hornet flies by!
It works fine from work but not home. May have something to do with the one way cable modem... I can get to the menu systen; I can get to a direct link into a thread, but can't get through the menu system to a thread. Have tried contacting the AVS Forum people with no luck; tried contacting Adelphia Cable (my ISP) with no luck...Bummed in Sterling...
Yeh, that forum takes a lot longer to access on my computer, even with hi-speed cable. It must be a combination of their servers and all the traffic they get.There's also the Home Theater Spot forum, I don't use it much except for the Pioneer RPTV section, not as busy.
BTW...Take care in the next few days. I live in Virginia Beach, Isabel is two days out. Guess I better get off this computer and back to that pile of plywood .....
JK
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