Heyburn, Idaho

[Battledad]

Father in law considering going to antenna. Appears signals come from multiple directions. Thoughts?

[GroundUrMast]

Please review http://forum.tvfool.com/showthread.php?t=4 then post a link to your Father in law's TV Fool report.

Thanks

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Is this a , house , town home , condo , apartment , mobile home , motor home , or etc??

How many floors??

What is the top floor??

What directions do , windows , patios/balconies , face??

Use Exact address to make a Tvfool report.

Make the antenna height in the report , 25 feet.

A antenna height of 25 feet above ground is a reference antenna height that provides a good evaluation of what Tv stations are receivable.

Post the Tvfool report.

[Battledad]

Sorry...was working from cell phone and now on the laptop.

Private residence. Single story. Antenna would be ~15 off the ground or so mounted to the side of the house. Front door faces north with the best mounting location being on the west side of the house.

http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...5b947934b24760

[StephanieS]

Hi Battledad,

The good news is with this map, you have reliable access via translator to ABC, CBS, FOX and Idaho Public Television. NBC will be a little more work as there is no translator and you dealing with a 76 mile distance and a terrain obstructed signal.

What are your goals in over the air reception? Do you want all the big networks or is NBC not a big deal? Without NBC, the recommendation will become a little easier.

How is your immediate area? Are you surrounded by trees or do you have a open visibility to magnetic 120 and 60?

Cheers.

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To receive the Networks , and more.
NBC.
ABC.
CBS.
PBS , PBS Create , PBS World.
FOX.
MyNetwork.
CW and CW+.
This Tv.
RTV = Retro Tv Network.
Telemundo.

Will require a Antenna that can be aimed in two directions.

The antenna is a , Antennas Direct DB8e UHF antenna.

Above the Peak of the Roof install the DB8e so that 1 panel is aimed at about 127 degree magnetic compass direction.

Aim the other panel at about 227 degree magnetic compass direction.

Here is how to aim antennas , http://www.kyes.com/antenna/pointing/pointing.html.

Use a Real and Actual magnetic compass to aim antennas , do not trust a cell phone compass.

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Here are some above the roof antenna mounts.

http://www.ronard.com/909911.html.
Use the , ronard(911) , 5 foot tripod antenna mount.

http://www.ronard.com/34424560.html.
Use the , ronard(4560) , eave antenna mount.

http://www.ronard.com/ychim.html.
Measure around the chimney and use a , ronard(2212) , ronard(2218) , ronard(2224) .

Buy the ronard antenna mounts at , http://www.ronard.com , or , http://www.amazon.com.

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Home Depot has 10 foot 6 inch , 1 and 3/8 inch diameter , TOP RAIL , chain link fence , PIPE. that makes good antenna mast pipe , the price is low at about 10 dollars.

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Install a , http://www.antennacraft.com.

10G201 preamplifier.

The FM radio interference trap of the preamp will be in the , in/on position.

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For 1 Tv connected use No splitter.

For 2 Tv's connected use a , Holland Electronics , HFS-2D , 2 way splitter.

For 3 Tv's connected use a , Holland Electronics , HFS-3D , 3 way splitter.

For 4 Tv's connected use a , Holland Electronics , HFS-4D , 4 way splitter.

Buy the , HFS-2D and HFS-3D and HFS-4D , splitters at , http://www.hollandelectronics.com , or , http://www.amazon.com.


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As always , the closer trees and other obstructions are in the directions of reception , the more disrupted reception will be.

As always , the more distant trees and other obstructions are in the directions of reception the better reception will be.

The Best Practice for Reliable Reception is to install the antenna at a location that has the least amount to no amount of obstructions in the directions of reception including your own roof and house.

[Battledad]

He is using Dish and looking to see if he can max channel access. That would include the normal networks plus ion, me, this or others. When i look at the map i see the need for multiple antennas and then reception challe. Thinking he is best off with satellite.