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smcquary 13-Mar-2014 5:48 PM

Antenna Recommendation Rancho Bernardo/San Diego
 
Hello,

I am located in San Diego and appear to have a difficult location for OTA reception. I am planning to install the antenna in an attic of a single story home. Below is the link to the tvfool report. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...5b945949d19178

GroundUrMast 13-Mar-2014 6:48 PM

I would plan on mounting outdoors, clear of the obstruction and impairment created by the roof and attic construction.

Your report is similar to many in the San Diego area. A UHF antenna and separate H-VHF antenna can give you a very good shot at reliable reception.

Consider the Antennas Direct DB8E facing about 147° (compass) and an Antennacraft Y10713 pointed at 204°. An RCA TVPRAMP1R preamplifier has separate inputs for the two antennas.

smcquary 14-Mar-2014 2:52 PM

Thank you. I will give it a try.

smcquary 23-Mar-2014 7:42 PM

I ended up finding a DB8 locally and put it in the attic and was able to pull in all channels at 147 degrees. Thanks! Ordering the other antenna today and preamp suggested today. I am planning to connect 2 TVs and a DVR with 1 tuner. Do you have any suggestions on a splitter and amplifier? Longest cable run will be approximately 35 feet.

Thanks!
Shannon

GroundUrMast 23-Mar-2014 8:30 PM

The preamp should provide plenty of power to overcome cable and splitter losses. I'd avoid the temptation to add a distribution amplifier. Remember, the antennas suggested have passive gain which adds to the available signal power without adding noise or distortion. A distribution amplifier can always be added ahead of the splitter if the need was proven. http://forum.tvfool.com/showthread.php?t=13646

I've been quite satisfied with the Ideal splitters stocked at the local big box home center. For three tuners, I'd suggest the Ideal # 85-133.

smcquary 23-Mar-2014 8:41 PM

Thank you for all of your assistance.

Shannon

smcquary 10-Apr-2014 10:52 PM

Got everything installed and was able to get all channels from both vhf and UHF antennas. Thanks again and really appreciate the assistance. Now on to building a DVR.

teleview 10-Apr-2014 11:53 PM

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Tuner DVRs.

http://www.epvision.com.

GroundUrMast 11-Apr-2014 3:09 AM

As of late, I've been using a Linux PC as my PVR/DVR.

Mythbuntu is an open-source option. XBMC is another.

For basic recording, I simply use a script to control one of my SiliconDust HDHR tuners and write to the hard drive in MPEG2 format, which is viewable via VLC.

http://forum.tvfool.com/showthread.php?t=820 post #27

Also, consider the HomeWorx 150, http://www.amazon.com/Mediasonic-HW-.../dp/B00I2ZBD1U


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