Posted by Lamont in NC on January 29, 2016 at 15:44:54 from (71.71.46.83):
I've spent too many hours trying to learn the black magic of antenna selection. Time Warner started requiring set top boxes and additional fees for local channels and I canceled. So have a lot of people around here as Walmart and Best Buy antenna shelves are bare. With prices from $10 to $200 it's hard to know what to do. I have stations on 3 towers clustered 10-15 miles SSE of me and stations on one tower 40 miles NNW. All are UHF. I've assumed I'd get an outdoor antenna, but it seems everybody wants to sell me a flat indoor amplified antenna to put on the wall, so I've been playing.
I've found:
* Attaching a piece of coax of any length to the TV will bring in channels as long as the other end of the coax has some copper wire sticking out of it--I guess that piece itself is acting as the antenna as if it's cut flush with the shielding I get no channels regardless of coax length.
* Outside is definitely the place to put this coax end--much better reception.
* An 8db amp (previously used with the cable TV/Internet setup) definitely helps this cable antenna.
I get most everything I want now with good pictures but the signal strength meter on the TV shows all as very weak. i have about 3 inches of the center copper wire sticking out the end of the cable and it's laid in the top of a bush at the corner of the house.
So, what do I do for a real antenna? I want omni-directional. Prefer the ability to put it outside. Don't want to pay a fortune to find it doesn't work better than a wire in a bush. :)
Oh, BTW, anyone know the dimensions used in making this one that's being sold on Craig's List?
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