bob.gibson@att.net
30-Jul-2015, 1:21 AM
I purchased an indoor amplified Winegard flatwave antenna from Costco to merely see how many digital channels I could get from various locations in my attic. My second story attic is approximately 35’ high and I am on the upward slope of a hill which helps. There are two directional locations that I tried to check – one for San Diego channels and the other for Los Angeles channels. Surprisingly, I was able to pull in 33 from S.D. and over 40 for L.A. just with the flatwave. The fact is that I would be happy to simply get CBS, NBC, ABC and PBS which are easily accomplished with this test.
Hopefully, I would like to position an antenna in my attic and feed a coax line down to a Tablo or Simple TV dvr located in my office. If I can feed a coax through the wall, I can then connect it to a dvr, which will enable me to transmit a wifi signal to my Roku and watch recorded digital antenna programming.
I’ve talked to a few “experts” in the area, but one of them recommended installing two antenna’s in the attic – specifically two yagi antennas. One of the antennas would face north to L.A. and the other, some distance away, would face west for S.D. stations. He felt that no amplifier was necessary and that I could couple the two coax lines from the antennas into a splitter and send it down one line and into my office. I asked about omni-directional types but he didn’t feel as though it would be strong enough to pick up enough stations. I should add that he did first check tvfool for my location and signal strength and mentioned that the antenna would only need a range of 30 miles.
I have spent some considerable time researching various antenna options and have found some posts on a variety of internet sites that suggest not coupling two antennas into one coax. I would appreciate any advice, including whether what I was told has enough merit for me to proceed. It appears that, either way, I will be doing the grunt work as I could not get any electrician or handyman in my area willing to feed a coax down a two story house.
Location linked below-
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29&q=id%3d8e03afb14308f1
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=90
Hopefully, I would like to position an antenna in my attic and feed a coax line down to a Tablo or Simple TV dvr located in my office. If I can feed a coax through the wall, I can then connect it to a dvr, which will enable me to transmit a wifi signal to my Roku and watch recorded digital antenna programming.
I’ve talked to a few “experts” in the area, but one of them recommended installing two antenna’s in the attic – specifically two yagi antennas. One of the antennas would face north to L.A. and the other, some distance away, would face west for S.D. stations. He felt that no amplifier was necessary and that I could couple the two coax lines from the antennas into a splitter and send it down one line and into my office. I asked about omni-directional types but he didn’t feel as though it would be strong enough to pick up enough stations. I should add that he did first check tvfool for my location and signal strength and mentioned that the antenna would only need a range of 30 miles.
I have spent some considerable time researching various antenna options and have found some posts on a variety of internet sites that suggest not coupling two antennas into one coax. I would appreciate any advice, including whether what I was told has enough merit for me to proceed. It appears that, either way, I will be doing the grunt work as I could not get any electrician or handyman in my area willing to feed a coax down a two story house.
Location linked below-
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29&q=id%3d8e03afb14308f1
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=90