| Dirtgrain |
12-Nov-2011 2:33 AM |
Help Choosing Antenna _ Ypsilanti, Michigan
Hello all. I'm looking to buy an antenna to install on the second-story roof of my house so that I can get rid of U-verse and save some money. Here is my TV Signal Analysis: http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...ec1244d26fb808.
Channels I want, if possible: - The major network channels and PBS--all between 46 and 60 degrees and 23 to 28 miles away.
- I didn't see it in this analysis, but I did see from other sites that Fox (WJBK), a channel I want, is VHF, while all the other channels here are broadcast in UHF.
- I see that the Ion channel (WPXD-DT) signal comes from another direction--291 degrees and 24 miles away--but it would be nice to get that, too.
- I wonder if I can get CBC (CBET, a Canadian station), which is also not in the same direction as most of the major network signal points--it's coming from 101 degrees and 36 miles away.
The antenna would be 20-25 feet high above the ground, but I have several trees around the house. The TV (JVC Black Crystal 37"-- specs here if that matters) is on the ground-level floor. When it searched for channels, with no external antenna hooked up, it only "picked up" three channels: two showed nothing, and one showed a very messed up, white noise image. Before digital broadcasting, on a CRT TV, I got maybe six or seven channels with an indoor, powered antenna, but only two channels came in very well. I'm assuming a roof-mounted antenna is the way to go.
I don't have an antenna mounted on the roof now, and I'm looking for recommendations on an antenna and good hardware for mounting it. I'm thinking of mounting it at the peak of the roof to get it as high up as I can.
Please let me know what you think. Thanks. |
