Antenna Signal Help/Advice
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http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...9038d0655ada02 I've got a Winegard HD7694P installed right now, about 25ft high. No pre-amp. I'm struggling to maintain good signal strength with a couple of channels (Fox, ABC, PBS) which are 40-46 miles away. Could I just add a mast-mounted pre-amp and solve the issue, or is a different antenna recommended? Thanks for the help! |
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Hello again, Kinetic. It looks like you are in a different location (Boerne?) than in your last thread: Roof-top Antenna recommendation http://forum.tvfool.com/showthread.php?t=15983 Thank you for the signal report. You say your antenna is 25ft high, but you used 10ft for your signal report. Please redo your report at 25 ft; it makes a difference with 2Edge signals. A preamp will help with the weak 2Edge Fox signal at 140 degrees, but it might be overloaded by KNIC at 115 degrees. A more directional UHF antenna might be necessary. Try a medium gain preamp that is less likely to be overloaded than a high gain preamp, before switching antennas. Perhaps an Antennas Direct Juice or a Channel Master 7778. ABC and PBS are VHF, so you might be able to use the 7694 just for VHF or have a separate VHF antenna. |
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http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...903848254225bd I can try the amp and see if that works. Is there a better antenna recommendation you could give? Were you suggesting getting a separate antenna for UHF reception? If this were a "start from square one"scenario, what might you recommend? |
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http://forum.tvfool.com/attachment.p...3&d=1546970282 WOAI NBC isn't on your TVFool report. As a double check, here is a report from rabbitears.info: http://forum.tvfool.com/attachment.p...4&d=1546970306 As a result of repack by the FCC, there will be some channel changes, as indicated by the arrows: https://www.rabbitears.info/market.p...&callsign=WOAI WOAI NBC will move from real channel 48 to 28. KENS CBS from 39 to 29. This is the repack plan for San Antonio: https://www.rabbitears.info/repackch...=&lss=&status= Most of the changes will be during Phase 3, 4/13/2019 to 6/21/2019. https://www.fcc.gov/about-fcc/fcc-in...ition-schedule https://www.commlawcenter.com/2017/0...deadlines.html |
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This is the terrain profile for KABB showing the terrain interference to the signal. Any increase in antenna height helps the signal clear the hills.
http://forum.tvfool.com/attachment.p...5&d=1546978464 The TVFool Interactive map was used to show change in NM at various heights http://www.tvfool.com/index.php?opti...pper&Itemid=90 This shows the coverage of the KABB signal at your location: http://forum.tvfool.com/attachment.p...6&d=1546978493 http://forum.tvfool.com/attachment.p...7&d=1546978524 |
You really outdid yourself! Thank you so much for providing this information. I'm bookmarking all this stuff for future reference. So it seems that I'm not in an ideal location to receive a strong signal for many of the San Antonio stations.
Thank you so much for the feedback and info! |
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You need a preamp for the weaker channels from San Antonio, but KNIC is strong enough to cause overload. You could order a custom bandstop filter to attenuate real channel 18, but ChannelPlus makes a notch filter that is less expensive which might work. http://forum.tvfool.com/attachment.p...1&d=1546991228 Code:
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I would probably consider a two-antenna solution, one for UHF and one for VHF-High. The UHF antenna would be an HDB91X because it has a narrow beamwidth to help reject KNIC when it is aimed at San Antonio and has a tilt feature that would allow you to tilt the front end of the antenna up. The upward tilt might help capture the signals coming down from the peak of the hill that is just before your location. https://www.solidsignal.com/pview.asp?p=hdb91x The VHF antenna would be a Stellar Labs 30-2475 https://www.newark.com/stellar-labs/...vhf/dp/48Y8141 Code:
https://store.antennasdirect.com/UHF...Combiners.html |
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The HD7694P is a pretty good VHF antenna. Probably similar to the Stellar Labs VHF antenna. I’d try a preamp before a new antenna. If that doesn’t work I’d try an HD7698P as that has about 2 dB more gain on VHF than the 7694 plus has about 4 dB less reception at 25 degrees off axis on channel 18 as well as several more dB gain on UHF. Another option is to find if another location or height works better with your existing antenna. ( read “siting the antenna” in hdtvprmer.com) |
Finally was able to spend some time this past weekend and install the following:
The results were great!! All expected channels are coming in strong. I did lose signal strength on real 5 (2.1), but that was not too big of a deal and its in a different direction. Thanks so much for the detailed information and patience in helping! |
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