Hello all,
Need some "experts" to point me in the right direction. Attached are images of, and links to TV fool reports.
Situation: My elderly father lives out in the country, 1.5 story house is located on a slightly elevated hill.
Front porch of house looks almost directly to the NORTH. I forsee no multi-path problems like where I live for him. Most all stations are showing as LOS (Light of sight) @44-45 degree heading @ 30 miles out from the transmitters
House is wood frame, with brick exterior. Roof decking is plywood or OSB and asphalt shingles.
There is a "attic" section on 2nd floor on the side of the house facing the transmitters @44-45 that a antenna could be placed. But I doubt that will work due to signal loss.
(Additionally, there "MIGHT" be enough room in the very "UPPER" section of the main roof towards the roof ridge to mount a antenna inside the attic... @ around 25-28ft off the ground)
Reason for the OTA Antenna:
They have satellite. (Dish Network) Problem is the Dish Network 722k DVR only has (2) tuners, and him and his wife are getting alot of
"Tuner in Use" messages which is causing them to fight over who see's /records what.
Not good at their age, not good on me either.
Being the good son I am to reduce the frequency of their fighting I purchased a OTA tuner module for the 722k, which will add (2) tuners. Most likely cable will be run to 722k only.
Figured the OTA tuner would:
A: Reduce the number of tuner in use messages
B: Give a better OTA pic (assuming the 722k doesn't compress image)
C: Keep them from losing locals stations during times of bad weather.
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Front porch of house has a clear shot towards towers @ 44-45 degrees.
Last weekend l temporarily attached a spare Dish "J-Pole" to one of the wooden porch columns and duck taped on a set of rabbit ears.. Reception was to be expected using a set of rabbit ears at 30 miles out.
I'd estimate height at J-pole est @ 15ft off ground.
If mounted at this location I would think a smaller antenna would be required, for dimensional mounting and aesthetic reasons.
RCA-ANT751 -Durable-Compact-Outdoor
http://www.amazon.com/RCA-ANT751-Dur.../dp/B0024R4B5C
Winegard-HD7694P-High-Definition-Antenna
(If HD7694P was suitable, I wonder about it clearing the column.)
http://www.amazon.com/Winegard-HD769.../dp/B001DFTGR4
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TVfool report with antenna @ 15ft level
Dad 15 ft J-Mount off front porch 30 miles out
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...e1c6d56b2695af
If mounting a antenna in the attic- add a big whopping 5ft
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...e1c620517f152e
Roof mounting:
Dad 35ft roof mount 30 miles out
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...e1c6ecdd299186
Any thoughts would be appreciated. Hoping a smaller antenna would work off the J-Pole on the North East corner of the house that has a clear shot to the towers, or mounting a antenna in the attic might work but realize higher is better and that shooting thru the roof would reduce signal strength by 50% or so.
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