Antenna suggestion
 

Here's my coworker's report:
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...46ae98e01b7e5f

He's all in the green. So I'm thinking something simple like an indoor antenna.

However he also has an old satellite dish installed over his patio. He was thinking he could take that down and put a small outdoor antenna there. He'd reuse the rg6 that runs to the satellite. So thoughts on something relatively unobtrusive that can mount over his patio?
Joseph Elwell.

The San Diego market often requires a 'two-antenna' solution. In this case an RCA ANT-751 may work well enough. Alternately, consider the Antennas Direct Clear Stream 5. It was designed with H-VHF in mind but proved to have decent UHF performance.

I would opt for the two antenna option, an Antenna Direct DB4e, Antennacraft Y5713 and a UHF/VHF combiner. Face the UHF antenna at 140° then fine tune the aim from there. Point the H-VHF antenna at 205° as the starting aim point. I would not try to mount both on a satellite J-pole, it's not tall enough to allow for adequate separation, 3' minimum.

A Simple Reception Situation.

For Reliable Reception of Many Local Broadcast Tv stations/channels.

Install a ANT751 antenna above the roof roof in such a manner that the roof and building are not , obstructing , impeding , blocking , reception in the directions of , South East , South , South West , East.

Aim the ANT751 antenna at about 156 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 antenna.

Here are some places to buy antennas and etc. .

Home Depot and Lowes will sometimes have the ANT751 antenna in stock in the store , no matter what the Home Depot and Lowes web sites say.

http://www.solidsignal.com.

http://www.amazon.com.

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No antenna system amplifier is required.

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For 1 Tv connected use No splitter.

For 2 Tv's connected use a simple common 2 way splitter.

For 3 Tv's connected use a simple common 3 way splitter.

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As always , trees and tree leaves , plants and plant leaves , have a Negative Effect on Broadcast Tv Reception and so do buildings and other obstructions including your own roof and house.

Multi-path reflections signals bouncing all around.

Obstructing , impeding , blocking , Broadcast Tv Reception.
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The Best Pratice is to install the ANT751 antenna at a location that has the least amount to no amount of obstructions of any type or kind in the directions of reception including your own roof and house.

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