ohazco
26-Sep-2017, 6:52 PM
Hi everyone,
Been a few years but back for more advice.
I am helping a friend in Atlanta figure out his OTA setup over facebook, and ran into something I haven't before. I am used to open terrain with weak signals, he has the inverse. Here is his tvfool:
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29&q=id%3de6a4bae83b4240
He has extremely strong signal strength, but due to terrain is all 1Edge and 2Edge on the channels we care about which are the major networks at 186-191 degrees. He is located in a bit of a "hole" and is surrounded by thick trees.
He currently has an unknown brand new-style "hdtv" marketed leaf/blade type indoor antenna but can't get anything consistently in the south-southeast corner of his walkout basement living room (walkout side of the house faces east-southeast). I recommended he set it outside the window at the southeast corner of the house on a chair to see what happens. Doing so he got FOX and NBC perfectly, but ABC and CBS are breaking up. ABC made sense to me but not CBS. A rooftop/tower is not an option so I am suggesting based on this he put a good outdoor antenna on his second story deck facing south. I was thinking something like this
https://www.solidsignal.com/pview.asp?p=HD7694P
to get good gain on UHF and VHF, and to avoid a preamp, at a reasonable price. I think it would be overkill on level terrain, but figure we need more help with the trees, etc, but I'm not sure if its a good choice for 2edge signals behind trees though, or if there is a better choice for multipath. He's not real savvy on these things and has other people suggesting things like Mohu, so I want to make him a more intelligent, but not an overkill suggestion.
Any suggestions or thoughts are greatly appreciated. Thanks!!
Been a few years but back for more advice.
I am helping a friend in Atlanta figure out his OTA setup over facebook, and ran into something I haven't before. I am used to open terrain with weak signals, he has the inverse. Here is his tvfool:
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29&q=id%3de6a4bae83b4240
He has extremely strong signal strength, but due to terrain is all 1Edge and 2Edge on the channels we care about which are the major networks at 186-191 degrees. He is located in a bit of a "hole" and is surrounded by thick trees.
He currently has an unknown brand new-style "hdtv" marketed leaf/blade type indoor antenna but can't get anything consistently in the south-southeast corner of his walkout basement living room (walkout side of the house faces east-southeast). I recommended he set it outside the window at the southeast corner of the house on a chair to see what happens. Doing so he got FOX and NBC perfectly, but ABC and CBS are breaking up. ABC made sense to me but not CBS. A rooftop/tower is not an option so I am suggesting based on this he put a good outdoor antenna on his second story deck facing south. I was thinking something like this
https://www.solidsignal.com/pview.asp?p=HD7694P
to get good gain on UHF and VHF, and to avoid a preamp, at a reasonable price. I think it would be overkill on level terrain, but figure we need more help with the trees, etc, but I'm not sure if its a good choice for 2edge signals behind trees though, or if there is a better choice for multipath. He's not real savvy on these things and has other people suggesting things like Mohu, so I want to make him a more intelligent, but not an overkill suggestion.
Any suggestions or thoughts are greatly appreciated. Thanks!!