Hi,
I have been trying to build a homemade antenna for around 2 or 3 weeks (since we moved), sometimes they work and the next day they stop working, or stop giving me a certain channel etc...
I have tried
Steath Hawk,
Gray-Hoverman (scaled down a bit) and a Small Fractal antenna (
like in this video).
I had to scale/modify the Hawk and GH down a bit to fit my target location.
My Situation:
Ground Floor unit of an apartment building. Interstate is just 200 feet away and there is a mount of dirt (about 20' high) along it to lower the noise and a few trees before that.
I have been trying to hide the antenna I made behind a 3'wide x 2' high painting, but if needed the landlord told me I could put a small antenna outside. High spot outside would be 8', inside about 6' high. I could also maybe try to hide it under the upstairs neighbor's balcony
but would really prefer to keep it indoor.
Here is the
Report from Interactive Coverage Map
Here is the
TV Signal Analysis Results
This is to use with an HTPC (might be split to another TV too if I get high enough signal).
The channels I am interested in are the major networks: 3.1 (CBS), 15.1 (NBC), 21.1 (PBS), 27.1 (ABC), 47.1 (Fox) and 57.1 (CW). They are all around 44-46 miles away.
Thank you much for any advice!
PS: I thought maybe of getting an amplifier if it would help but know knowing about it
I tried one of those RCA indoor flat amplified antenna and it was worse than the homemades.