Digital TV antenna?

CLRracer said:
I can pick up PBS out of the Greenville relay better than I can get it from Chapel Hill. Channel 25 over the air.

Duane
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Makes sense. It's at least as close to you (if not closer), and geography probably works in your favor pointed east, where it works against you pointed west.
 
orange150 said:
Just learned something. Thank you!

I have this one just sitting on top of an armoire in our house.. Does everything I need it to except for Channel 4 out of Chapel Hill

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i've got the same one doing same thing
 
shawn said:
If the leaf antenna dropped channels 5-50 when it rained, then they suck. You should be able to pick up any of the networks from your house with a 6ft long piece of bare copper wire. Channel 4 out of Chapel Hill is a bit more challenging. That's the only reason I have an amp and a rotator.
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I have had it at my house now and my one in n Raleigh. Based on the “30” Miles they should work great but never had in actuality. I do have one still on my garage tv though they just scramble more than I would want them to
 
shawn said:
Makes sense. It's at least as close to you (if not closer), and geography probably works in your favor pointed east, where it works against you pointed west.
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Looking up where the towers actually are the Greenville (Farmville) tower is just barely closer. There's just so much crap between CH and anything east of Raleigh. Have you tried picking it up from Roanoke Rapids?

Duane
 
If you're serious about getting the most of over-the-air TV, go with an outdoor antenna mounted on a pole.

I live in an area that has very few over-the-air channels, but still get 12 channels. My antenna is on a 10' pole on a hill behind the house. Nice reception.
 
336wheeler said:
If you're serious about getting the most of over-the-air TV, go with an outdoor antenna mounted on a pole.

I live in an area that has very few over-the-air channels, but still get 12 channels. My antenna is on a 10' pole on a hill behind the house. Nice reception.
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Depends on geography to an extent. Ours is in the attic. If you put it outside, you have to worry a lot more about lightning.
 
shawn said:
Depends on geography to an extent. Ours is in the attic. If you put it outside, you have to worry a lot more about lightning.
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Absolutely agreed; like how there's nothing to block your signal in Raleigh.

If you live in hilly/mountainous terrain, you'll be watching static with your antenna in the attic.

Interestingly, I have not had much luck with signal amplifiers. They seem to do more harm than good - in my experience.
 
The cable all the way on the left should be the one from the cable company. Unplug that one and plug in your antenna.

Of course, this assumes that you don't have a cable modem (internet) or VOIP phone or anything that you're intending to keep running.
 
shawn said:
The cable all the way on the left should be the one from the cable company. Unplug that one and plug in your antenna.

Of course, this assumes that you don't have a cable modem (internet) or VOIP phone or anything that you're intending to keep running.
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And there lies an issue, should’ve specified. I do have a modem for the net and when I plugged it in there pre posting this I lost the connection. Soooooo.....
 
GONOVRIT said:
And there lies an issue, should’ve specified. I do have a modem for the net and when I plugged it in there pre posting this I lost the connection. Soooooo.....
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Oh, in that case, you're gonna have to figure out which of those other seven wires goes to the modem. Leave that one connected to the one that comes in from the street, then hook the others to your antenna wire with a splitter.
 
Technically you can use the same wire as a middle bus for both the internet signal and your TV antenna, they use different carrier frequencies. However to keep them well separated you may need to use a modulator splitter on both ends.
See here:
B(ridge) and T(unnel) Crowd: Can You Run OTA Antenna TV and Internet Feeds on the Same Coax Cable? Yes!

that said - if you just have the one modem, it's going to be easier to just find the line going to the modem, and disconnect it from from that block and direct-connect it to the line coming in from the cable company (as Shawn said, probably the far left), so those 2 are now independent of the block. Then connect your antenna line coming into that spot on the far left instead. that will give you antenna access in any room.
 
RatLabGuy said:
Technically you can use the same wire as a middle bus for both the internet signal and your TV antenna, they use different carrier frequencies. However to keep them well separated you may need to use a modulator splitter on both ends.
See here:
B(ridge) and T(unnel) Crowd: Can You Run OTA Antenna TV and Internet Feeds on the Same Coax Cable? Yes!

that said - if you just have the one modem, it's going to be easier to just find the line going to the modem, and disconnect it from from that block and direct-connect it to the line coming in from the cable company (as Shawn said, probably the far left), so those 2 are now independent of the block. Then connect your antenna line coming into that spot on the far left instead. that will give you antenna access in any room.
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That's a pretty good way to end up with a shitty internet connection and a noisy TV picture, if it works at all.

Notice that all the comments say "yeah, I tried this, it didn't work"?
 
shawn said:
That's a pretty good way to end up with a shitty internet connection and a noisy TV picture, if it works at all.

Notice that all the comments say "yeah, I tried this, it didn't work"?
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It's working perfectly fine in my house :flipoff2:
 
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