brandon0413
26-Sep-2011, 8:33 PM
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The only channels I care about are in green and the only one I am having trouble with is Fox on channel 7.1.
I'm on the third floor in an apartment facing south, which is the wrong direction for most of the channels I care about. There is another apartment in the same building to the north of me.
I can pick up all channels except fox with a set of cheap rabbit ears. I have tried a few antennas with mostly the same results:
Terk - Omnidirectional Amplified Indoor Digital HDTV Antenna
CLEARSTREAM - Micron Antenna with Amplifier
Antennas Direct - ClearStream 2 Long-Range HDTV Outdoor Antenna
I can get better info on these if you need. The one I have now is the long-range indoor/outdoor antenna.
After experimenting with the position of the antenna I decided to try a longer cable, but I couldn't find one. I attached a splitter and another cable and still wasn't having any luck. Then out of nowhere, I set the antenna down in the middle of my living floor and it started coming in great. Left it there a few days and fox is still coming in great. I have moved it around multiple times and have found that I must have the splitter in the exact right spot and it doesn't really matter where I have the antenna sitting or pointing. Just as long as that splitter is in the sweet spot in the middle of my living room floor fox comes in great. I can walk all around and step on the splitter and the signal doesn't blink.
Should I keep trying different antennas? Maybe a longer cable? Maybe I could add a couple more splitters and I could find some sweet spots elsewhere lol.
The only channels I care about are in green and the only one I am having trouble with is Fox on channel 7.1.
I'm on the third floor in an apartment facing south, which is the wrong direction for most of the channels I care about. There is another apartment in the same building to the north of me.
I can pick up all channels except fox with a set of cheap rabbit ears. I have tried a few antennas with mostly the same results:
Terk - Omnidirectional Amplified Indoor Digital HDTV Antenna
CLEARSTREAM - Micron Antenna with Amplifier
Antennas Direct - ClearStream 2 Long-Range HDTV Outdoor Antenna
I can get better info on these if you need. The one I have now is the long-range indoor/outdoor antenna.
After experimenting with the position of the antenna I decided to try a longer cable, but I couldn't find one. I attached a splitter and another cable and still wasn't having any luck. Then out of nowhere, I set the antenna down in the middle of my living floor and it started coming in great. Left it there a few days and fox is still coming in great. I have moved it around multiple times and have found that I must have the splitter in the exact right spot and it doesn't really matter where I have the antenna sitting or pointing. Just as long as that splitter is in the sweet spot in the middle of my living room floor fox comes in great. I can walk all around and step on the splitter and the signal doesn't blink.
Should I keep trying different antennas? Maybe a longer cable? Maybe I could add a couple more splitters and I could find some sweet spots elsewhere lol.