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Old 15-Jan-2015, 1:30 PM   #2
Jake V
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Attics are not antenna friendly. If your house has a wrap with metal or is stucco it will be near impossible to get a good signal in the attic. Aiming through shingles can work, but you can also loose signal when it rains or snows. But you can try.

If you were putting the antenna outdoors, I'd recommend an ANT-751 pointed to 29 degrees on a compass (just east of north). That may or may not work in an attic. Assuming an attic antenna could work, perhaps something like a HBU-22 or HBU-33, also pointed to 29 degrees. No matter what you try, try it first by putting the antenna in the attic and running the cable directly to one television. I would even go so far as to try your flat panel antenna in the attic (facing 29 degrees) as an experiment (you'd probably need to try a number of locations in the attic). Though flat panels are not designed for great VHF reception, if your reception improves it will give you an idea of what is possible.
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