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Old 22-Aug-2014, 9:23 AM   #2
StephanieS
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Hello Mike,

Sorry to hear of your reception issues. Your reception plot shows good signal strength for Sacramento affiliates at your location.

However, your specific desire for an indoor antenna may not be ideal for you. By using an antenna indoors you 1) reduce the signal greatly the antenna receives 2) slices and dices the signal and lastly 3) exposes the signal to assorted household interference. In AZ you may have stronger signals and different variables. My concern here is you will end up with antenna after antenna with no satisfactory reception.

Allow me to propose a solution that may work. I get the feeling you are envisioning these old school huge 10 foot long antennas on your roof - what you specifically want to avoid. There are outdoor antenna options that mount on small J pole brackets that utilize no more space than one of the satellite provider's dishes. You could mount on your eave with ease and it'd be no worse than drilling 4 screws.

This is what the set up looks like:



I think you could avoid the drama with your landlord over a large aerial with this set up.

You are also fortunate that you can use these smaller localized antennas. To that end I'd suggest a Antennacraft HBU11k (you can find it for about 40 bucks shipped). Mount outdoors with a clear pathway to magnetic heading 41. I'd expect you will reliably receive all Sacramento broadcasts at that heading.

Indoor options are never favored here for their highly localized variables which make them near impossible to predict.

Best of luck.

Last edited by StephanieS; 22-Aug-2014 at 9:28 AM.
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