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Old 23-Feb-2018, 7:41 PM   #4
c-bolt
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Location: Alaska
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Thanks for the reply!

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Originally Posted by Jake V View Post
Did you try pointing the Mohu Leaf with the flat side to the south-southwest somewhere in the house? If yes, what happened? [I want to make sure you just didn't lay it flat against a window pointing west, and that the window does not have a metal screen or low-e glass to block signals.]
Yes, I tried out the window, facing SW with my iphone compass as a rough guide on a temp cardboard mount. Couldn't get any reception on those two channels. I wasn't sure if my phone was giving true or mag north, so I used both directions.


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Originally Posted by Jake V View Post
If not, as an experiment, I would find a way to face that antenna to the south-southwest, to 196 degrees with a compass anywhere in the house. Do a scan for channels and see if CBS and Fox are found. If not, and if your television supports manual channel entry, enter the "real channel" numbers for CBS and Fox (28 and 20). Post a list of channels received and those not received (list the information in the first four columns of your TV Fool report for each channel).
Unfortunately I cant manually tune my tv, but here's some other info:

KYES____5____(5.1)___Myn (weak after split 3 ways)
KTUU ___10___(2.1)___NBC
KAKM ___8____(7.1)___PBS
KYUR ___12___(13.1)__ABC (weak after split 3 ways)
KDMD___33___(33.1)__ION (Weak after split 3 ways)

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Originally Posted by Jake V View Post
My guess at this point is that you would do well with either the Antennas Direct C2V or RCA-751r antennas, provided they are faced south-southwest. Attics are tough places for antennas. You can only try and see what happens. And you might have to try the antenna in multiple places in the attic to find the sweet spot - it may or may not be near the west wall. [If you get an antenna at Walmart you can return it if it doesn't work.]
As RickBB suggested, I'm going to try and mount one on the second eave on the roof where it wont be noticable, plus this will give me a few more feet of elevation as I will be able to rise up a bit. Would your recommendations still stand for antennas since I can go larger as the wife wont see it? We get a fair amount of wind and snow here in Alaska, so Ill have to have a sturdy as heck mount.

Thanks again for the help so far!
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