hi vhf or bust
22-Dec-2013, 4:42 AM
Hi, I live at
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29&q=id%3d46ae092152fff8
and am interested in channel 12 (11.1) which is behind a hill from much of the city (deliberate by Comcast I think). a simple indoor v-aerial worked fine for low vhf but not channel 12. I got a Antennacraft Yagi HD Antenna Y5-7-13 which supposedly specializes in the higher range. And guess what, when mounted on a broomstick in the middle of my living room with no pre-amp and direct connect to the TV, it pulled this channel well.
Then I put it on the roof (12 feet above! outside!) with a Winegard HDP269 hi-input pre-amp, 150 feet of dual-shield RG6 (all the way down to the basement outside the house, power injector, 1:2 splitter, then back up to the bedroom inside the walls). lo-VHF still working well, but channel 12 dark again.
one detail - the antenna is mounted sort of close (18"?) above the peak of the roof to stay out of the LOS of a microwave (wireless internet) antenna on a separate mount a few feet behind it. And, it's slightly closer to the house to the south (which is uphill of mine). Not sure these types of proximities make a big difference, if I need a stronger pre-amp, more direct cable run, etc -- and how to test those theories without a lot of extra trips to the roof.
thanks for sharing your experience.
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29&q=id%3d46ae092152fff8
and am interested in channel 12 (11.1) which is behind a hill from much of the city (deliberate by Comcast I think). a simple indoor v-aerial worked fine for low vhf but not channel 12. I got a Antennacraft Yagi HD Antenna Y5-7-13 which supposedly specializes in the higher range. And guess what, when mounted on a broomstick in the middle of my living room with no pre-amp and direct connect to the TV, it pulled this channel well.
Then I put it on the roof (12 feet above! outside!) with a Winegard HDP269 hi-input pre-amp, 150 feet of dual-shield RG6 (all the way down to the basement outside the house, power injector, 1:2 splitter, then back up to the bedroom inside the walls). lo-VHF still working well, but channel 12 dark again.
one detail - the antenna is mounted sort of close (18"?) above the peak of the roof to stay out of the LOS of a microwave (wireless internet) antenna on a separate mount a few feet behind it. And, it's slightly closer to the house to the south (which is uphill of mine). Not sure these types of proximities make a big difference, if I need a stronger pre-amp, more direct cable run, etc -- and how to test those theories without a lot of extra trips to the roof.
thanks for sharing your experience.