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Old 13-Sep-2012, 2:31 PM   #1
dsplinter
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Need antenna bearing and amplifier advice.

Hello,

Firstly, thank you to the people of this forum for assisting us newbies. Yesterday I eve mounted an RCA ANT751 to the side of my house. Elevation is approximately 15ft and I currently have it pointed at 76 degrees.

http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...5ed6d543bbe693

1.) Is this the best bearing to aim it at?

I started flicking through the channels; covered in fiberglass from running the cable through the attic. I thought disaster, no channels. I hit the auto-program and picked up 11 instantly. Hahaha. The first thing on was NBC's America's Got Talent. Picture was proper HD w/ no artifacts. Sharon Osbourne's voice, though terrible sounding, was coming in properly. However, I heard crackles in the lower registers of Howard Stern's voice. I will continue to watch for this audio problem. The cable run is 50ft on a RG-6Q cable. Cable is currently connected directly from antenna to television, but will eventually pass from:

Antenna ---Coax--->Surge Device ---Coax---> Receiver ---HDMI---> TV

2.) Could an amplifier at antenna be beneficial? Sorry, but I know of no way to measure signal.
3.) Is signal path acceptable? Will ground surge device with #10 to common ground.

Thank you again,
Daniel

Last edited by dsplinter; 13-Sep-2012 at 2:39 PM.
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