Blocked by mountains
I live in one of those 3% areas (TV Fool report) that the gov. says can't receive more than one station OTA; at least at my house. There is a spot on the hill behind my house that I can get 10 to 12 stations. The problem is that it's 2100 feet through rough terrain from my house to the top of the hill.
I know there are expensive ways to get that signal down to where I live. Realistically, though, is there any economical way to get some of those signals down into the valley where my house is? |
Do you now get the first one on the list WYMT-DT?
What is your price range for economical? https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q...ve+tv+repeater The least expensive legal way to do it is to run an open wire line to the good location which will carry the tv signals down to you and DC power for a preamp up the hill. An alternative would be the open wire line for just the signal and a solar panel and battery to power the preamp at the antenna. Other more expensive ways would be a satellite dish or an internet connection. The internet connection streams what is available or could be a remote connection to another location where an antenna has better reception. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slingbox http://forum.tvfool.com/showthread.php?t=14835 http://forum.tvfool.com/showpost.php...4&postcount=13 http://forum.tvfool.com/showthread.php?t=14641 http://forum.tvfool.com/showthread.php?t=1286 |
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Right now I have Dish Network, but WYMT, the PBS. sub channels, and the Tri-Cities sub channels are not carried on Dish. I'm not hurting for programming, but my main goal is just to supplement what I currently have. |
WCYB might be possible from the bottom of the hill with a very long yagi antenna (or two stacked) cut for CH5 and aimed up. The CH5 antenna would need its own low-noise preamp; combine it with your WYMT antenna with a HLSJ.
http://www.hollandelectronics.com/ca...-Diplexers.pdf WJHL is a lost cause from the bottom of the hill. Quote:
http://forum.tvfool.com/showthread.php?t=1286 The way an amplified repeater works is this: the first antenna would receive the signal and be connected to the preamp input (which must be locally powered). Its output would feed the second antenna with vertical polarization to reduce interference from the original signal. The third antenna at the bottom of the hill also must have vertical polarization. As I said, it's not legal, so I'm not suggesting it, but that's the way its done as described in some of the Google links for passive repeaters. Passive means no amp. Quote:
There is such a thing as a legal wireless AV sender, but its range is limited, and you would need power at the transmitter: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc..._Wireless.html http://www.amazon.com/AVS-5811-5-8GH...2Fvideo+sender |
I thought it was actually legal to set up an unlicensed amplified repeater for personal use as long as it didn't exceed 100 mW or 40 mW if it interferes with a licensed co-channel. I don't know where I read that, but i remember reading it somewhere. Could someone tell me if I'm wrong?
If true, a 20-30 DB amp would fall well within this range, and probably be strong enough to get all the signals I want down to me. |
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Gains of 110 db require more receive to transmit antenna isolation than normally feasible. Filtering to prevent out-of-band emissions are also necessary. |
Thanks guys. I guess I'm just SOL on those channels. I was just hoping there might be some way to make it work.
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