Hi all,
Just asking for some advice about my indoor antenna. I care mostly for the major broadcast stations, and so my focus will be on receiving those stations.
My TV Fool link:
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...2c150f389807e5
I used 18-feet because I'm on the 2nd floor of an apartment building, and figured standard 10-feet per story, and then I'm mounting about 8 feet in the air.
I have both the Horton HomeWorks $10 antenna, as well as an AmazonBasics 35 Mile antenna ($25). The Homeworks antenna only came with a 3 feet cable, and I wasn't able to place it anywhere that helped me out (only ever received WNJB & Foreign channels), so I'm focusing on the AmazonBasics antenna with 15 feet cable that let me try more positions.
In one position (right by a window), I am able to receive NBC, ION, and a bunch of foreign language channels (Korean, Chinese, Spanish).
In another position (in the middle of my apartment, but facing northeast), I lose NBC, keep ION & Foreign channels, and gain CBS & Fox (as well as some other random channels, like the shopping network channels).
When I do the TVFool Radar thing, at 10 feet, it looks like I should be able to get all the channels. When I switch to 18 feet, NBC becomes "1Edge" and CBS & Fox are LOS. The TVFool report seems to imply they're all coming from the same relative angle/position, so it baffles me why I can't get them all at the same time (don't understand this tech well enough).
I keep trying different positions, but not sure if I should just give up or not... where I can get all of them at the same time: CBS, NBC, FOX, ION.
And, on top of that, can I somehow get CW and/or ABC as well? CW seems like it should be doable of I'm getting NBC, whereas ABC might be more of a pipe dream.
Should I continue to try different positions? Or, will buying a more expensive indoor antenna with amplifier help me at all? My reported distance is 28m, and my antenna's advertised range is 35mile, so I am arguably on the edge of the coverage. I was thinking of picking up an open-box Mohu Leaf 50 w/ amplifier.. but I don't want to keep buying antennas for trial and error.