I've been reading the posts here for a few months. Built a few DB4 antennas and saw the number of received channels go from 19 to 28 to 58 to 61 with a better antenna and higher placement inside the house, then in the attic.
It is amazing what 7 feet of added height can do for reception.
Here's a photo of my last built antenna that is working very well.
Not bad for $20 in parts and about an hour of time. That doesn't include the 20 hours of research or other builds which didn't work nearly as well, however.
Here's the tvfool report:
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...67d97b09a04e18
A single DB4 antenna receives almost every channel on the report for green and yellow colors. Real channel 47 is missing. I will never hear the end of it until that channel is received, if you know what I mean.
We get lots of channels in the 127 deg, 150-160 deg and the Ion and PBS channels at 340-ish deg. Most of these come in with 3.5-5 bars on the TV signal display. Even Hi-VHF channels 8 and NBC (10 real - 11.1 virt) come in very strong. No reflector is currently installed.
Here is a reasonble lineup guide for Atlanta area OTA channels
http://www.atlantadigitaltv.com/3.html
Out of this list, only 47.1, WKTB has never been received.
I've tried pointing the antenna directly at the WKTB transmitter using a compass to be certain the direction was perfect. Oddly, all the other stations came in fine, so I know the antenna is not super sensitive in direction.
The tv-fool report says channel 47 has both co-channel and adjacent channel warnings. Is there anything I can do about that? I'm not against trying a pre-amp, but I've read that other stations will probably be negatively impacted since those already have good levels.
After this is working well, I'll connect it to an HDHR3 network tuner, but I'd like to split for an extra direct TV connection.
I'm seeking recommendations to tune in 1 more specific channel, WKTB, even if a dedicated antenna is needed for just this channel.
Just found this coverage map for WKTB
https://maps.google.com/?q=http://tr...26state=GA.kml
The house is inside the circle. and not in a ditch or valley. It is near the top of a hill on the same side as the transmitter.
What can I do?
Thanks for any help!