Help close and distant reception
Where I live I have been fine until our Fox station is converted to ABC. We also have NBC & CBS broadcasting within 15 miles of our house. Indianapolis is 60 miles away. What do you have for recomendations for an antenna\antennas that will help me to receive the stations 60 miles away without messing up our local stations? Thanks.
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I presume your goal is to receive WXIN-FOX, real channel 45. Others in that direction would be bonus?
How high can you safely mount a large antenna such as an Antennas Direct XG91? Please post a TVFR for that AGL. Are you willing to use an A/B switch to select between two antennas? |
Using a switch would be no problem. Please forgive my ignorance, what does AGL mean
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Got It! 25 feet. http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...9e7482095a5a29
The goal is to be able to receive ch. 45 if at all possible. I'm also planning on purchasing a rotator that is beafy enought to withstand the wind that a large antenna is likely to pick up. Any suggestions? |
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How many Tv's will be connected??
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Two TV's. I currently get ABC from WICD-DT which is aprox. 57 miles away with an antenna that I built so I am very hopeful that I can bring in most of the Inianapolis channels with a decent antenna. I currently am using a pre-amp purchased from Solid Signal but I don't remember which one it is.
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Reliable reception of CH-45 is going to be challenging. An XG-91 pointing toward 62° and an Antennas Direct CPA-19 are going to give you some signals. You will need to experiment with mounting height. (Anywhere from ground level on up.) You can order an extra director section for the XG-91... that would increase it's gain a bit more.
CH-45 may not be 100% reliable. Can you afford a tower? |
There's a free 30' tower available locally. Upon recommendations here for an antenna I thought that I would try my roof mount first (25') that would be easy and then look to improve antenna height and location from there if needed. Even if I don't succeed in getting a Fox station again I should be able to pick up numerous new stations. The XG-91 seems to be a popular choice for distant stations.
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To get more gain in the UHF band, the next step after the XG-91 is the $BIG$ commercial antennas.
It would be interesting to see how high you need to go per TV Fool to find a NM of -5 dB or better on CH-45. |
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Ok , I recommend a 2 antenna set up with a remote control A/B antenna switch , model AB27RS or radio shack 15-1968 , at both Tv's. The first antenna will be a AntennaCraft U4000 with a Antennas Direct CPA-19 preamp. aimed at about 92 degrees magnetic compass for the receptions of WTIU PBS , WTTV The CW , WCLJ Ind. WIPX ION Tv , WRTV ABC , and through the back side of the U4000 , W43BV TBN. . I also recommend a Winegard HD7694P antenna with NO amplifier aimed at 208 degree magnetic compass , for the receptions of , WTOW NBC , WFXW Fox , WTHI CBS. . Here is how to aim Tv antennas , http://www.tvfool.com/antenna/pointing/pointing.html . I will return with coax wiring instructions.
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What about WXIN, real channel 45, the OP's stated goal? Per the OP & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WFXW the local Fox affiliate has or will change it's affiliation to ABC. WXIN is weak, but the only viable option for a FOX affiliate. WCCU is a tropospheric path... not viable at all. |
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Ok , for the coax wiring. The U4000 antenna and preamp will have coax that goes to a location where there is power for the preamp and the coax can be split with a 2 way splitter , one output of the 2 way splitter goes to one Tv and the other output of the 2way splitter goes to the other Tv. . The coax of the second antenna the HD7694P antenna will go to the same location and a 2 way splitter is connected to the coax of the second antenna and the outputs of the splitter go to the two Tv's. Connect the coaxes to the remote control A/B antenna switches , the locations of the A/B antenna switches is at the Tv's , and the output of switches connect to the Tv's. Now with the remote control in your hand you can change antennas with out leaving your chair.
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The same Wikipedia article also says that FOX is likely to move to WTHI , so we shall see.
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The tvfool radar report I see , shows WCCU at minus -16.7 NM (dB) and the receive path is Tropo , so WCCU will not be received.
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I recommend doing a channel rescan for new digital channels from time to time because new digital channels can be added at any time with No notice. Also can contact WTHI at http://www.wthitv.com/generic/About_Us/contact_wthitv , Talk with some one higher up at WHTI or talk with engineering department because the engineering departments at the tv stations are the ones that set up the transmitters to transmit new channels. Fox is not likely to just drop off the map , Fox will most likely move to one of the Tv stations close by.
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