dirtdobber
7-Jan-2012, 4:49 AM
I originally posted this over at the hdtvantennalabs forum. After looking at the board, it appeared that no one had been there in a while, so I decided to post it here.
Here is the obligatory TV Fool report.
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapp ... be0633a11d
I live in a beautiful area of Jackson, MS called Fondren. (It's where the movie The Help was filmed.) While the trees are all very beautiful and give us shade in the hot Mississippi summers, they are not good for getting good OTA TV reception. Adding to that, I live in an area I call the servants quarters. Pass all the beautiful two-story plantation-style homes, go down to the bottom of the hill, and I live in the valley of duplexes.
The house that is on the next block from me, between me and the antenna farm, that is, lying between about 230 degrees and 240 degrees, is a two-story home surrounded by beautiful, old, tall oak trees. I'd guess his elevation is about 30 feet higher than me.
Right now, I have a Winegard 4400 with a Winegard 8275 preamp. I have one TV on it, around a 2006 model 27" Toshiba tube HDTV. The cable run is about 35 feet from the antenna to the TV.
Here's what I get 3 (30), 12 (12), 16 (21), 23.1 without sound, 27 analog clear, 29 (20), 34 (34), 35 (41), and 40 (40). All of this I get with the antenna pointed around 238 degrees, right around the gazebo in boss's backyard. When I unplug the preamp, I lose 12. I know that's because of the 4400 and its lack of VHF. (They actually are trying to move to 28.)
I was thinking of getting a Winegard 7694 or pushing my antenna mounting to mount a 7695 to catch a better signal on 12 (it has periodic dropouts) and pick up some of the low powers that are around me. I was thinking a horizontal lpda and yagi would pick up more vertically than the vertical 4 bay and catch more signal coming over the trees.
I should have listened to the Tigerbangs prescription and gotten the Channel Master 7777 preamp. That would allowed me the option to maybe stack a VHF below to help the 12 problem. I also could have added a high gain yagi later. With one input on the 8275, it's either a combo antenna or lose some dB with a UVSJ.
Any suggestions?
Here is the obligatory TV Fool report.
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapp ... be0633a11d
I live in a beautiful area of Jackson, MS called Fondren. (It's where the movie The Help was filmed.) While the trees are all very beautiful and give us shade in the hot Mississippi summers, they are not good for getting good OTA TV reception. Adding to that, I live in an area I call the servants quarters. Pass all the beautiful two-story plantation-style homes, go down to the bottom of the hill, and I live in the valley of duplexes.
The house that is on the next block from me, between me and the antenna farm, that is, lying between about 230 degrees and 240 degrees, is a two-story home surrounded by beautiful, old, tall oak trees. I'd guess his elevation is about 30 feet higher than me.
Right now, I have a Winegard 4400 with a Winegard 8275 preamp. I have one TV on it, around a 2006 model 27" Toshiba tube HDTV. The cable run is about 35 feet from the antenna to the TV.
Here's what I get 3 (30), 12 (12), 16 (21), 23.1 without sound, 27 analog clear, 29 (20), 34 (34), 35 (41), and 40 (40). All of this I get with the antenna pointed around 238 degrees, right around the gazebo in boss's backyard. When I unplug the preamp, I lose 12. I know that's because of the 4400 and its lack of VHF. (They actually are trying to move to 28.)
I was thinking of getting a Winegard 7694 or pushing my antenna mounting to mount a 7695 to catch a better signal on 12 (it has periodic dropouts) and pick up some of the low powers that are around me. I was thinking a horizontal lpda and yagi would pick up more vertically than the vertical 4 bay and catch more signal coming over the trees.
I should have listened to the Tigerbangs prescription and gotten the Channel Master 7777 preamp. That would allowed me the option to maybe stack a VHF below to help the 12 problem. I also could have added a high gain yagi later. With one input on the 8275, it's either a combo antenna or lose some dB with a UVSJ.
Any suggestions?