I’ve spent a lot of time researching and I’m more confused than ever. Help!
I got rid of the expensive satellite tv and watch a lot of Netflix and Amazon over my highspeed internet connection.
But now it’s football season and I MUST HAVE MY FOOTBALL! LOL.
I have an old, beat-up radio shack antenna, one of the classic multi-vaned 8’ long ones, in my attic that is sort of pointed north of where it should be; I hooked it up to my new insignia tv through a signal booster and I get WNEM and WDCQ just fine, but nothing else. The antenna is in the attic because I took it off the outside pipe and moved it inside after getting tired of picking up pieces of it every time I mowed. It’s missing quite a few elements, and the plastic joints are pretty well shot with age and abuse. I would much prefer to put the new antenna in my attic because I live where it’s always windy.
I've attached the results from tv fool using the mapping tool so it’s accurate to my actual location. I hope you can see the chart. (This was done at the default height of 10’, but in the attic it will be about 18-22’ above the ground and if I can fit it in properly, will be looking through the wall with vinyl siding and not through the roof with two layers of asphalt shingles).
I confess I don’t quite understand all of it. My desired channels are WNEM, WDCQ, WEYI, WJRT and WSMH.
I read a post on these forums (
http://forum.tvfool.com/showthread.p...light=Michigan)
And that person seemed to need a lot of the same channels, though probably from the opposite direction, based on what he said. (I’m in Michigan’s Thumb). The recommendation was for a HBU44, however when I look at that, from what I understand it would not get WNEM, since it is channel 5. Or doesn’t that matter since the chart says 22? And at antenna craft it says “CEA rated red” – what does that mean? Is it some reference to the colors in the chart?
After looking all over the web, I’m considering the following antennas and would appreciate your advice and feedback:
https://www.antennasdirect.com/store...v-antenna.html
http://www.tvantennasale.com/Lava-HD...FYMF7Aod9koA1w
http://www.antennacraft.net/pdfs/HBU44_.pdf
I like the idea of the rectangle antenna or the smaller one that I think looks a bit like a scam. (150 miles?) The long boom antenna is very difficult to fit in the attic and I may not be able to get it aimed quite southwest enough. I’m also needing to keep this around $100 or less.
I am planning to replace the old coax that runs from the attic to the basement; I will continue to use the signal booster and then a splitter for the two tvs. I’m also wondering if I can re-use the coax from the satellite install that runs the length of the house back to the bedroom for the second tv.
I know this is a really long post, but I hope I gave enough information for good responses.
Thanks!