Hi all,
I'm moving into a new house, and the street it's on has yet to be wired for cable. Perhaps this is God's way of telling me to cut the cord!
Here's my map.
I can make it look a good 10dB better just moving the map point across the street, or raising it a few feet. But, I figure I better assume things are no better than what I linked to.
It looks like all the stations I'd need are clustered south of me, bearing about 170 degrees. I need a PBS station, so channel 21 may be my most challenging "get".
This is a 2-story, wood framed house, with a brick front. And you guessed it, the front of the house points right toward that bearing. I would like to place the antenna in the attic, if that's possible. I may be able to place the antenna high enough so that it is "looking" out through a wooden vent, rather than through the brick. Or perhaps I can place it so it looks out through an asphalt-shingled section of the roof. Here's the
Google map of my lot, still empty when the pic was taken.
I'll be feeding the signal into both inputs of a 2-tuner HDHomerun. That tuner can also be placed in the attic, if that would help. Otherwise, it will be located about 20 feet from the antenna.
Can this be done with an attic-mounted antenna? If so, how big/fancy of one will I need? Will I need an amp?