TV Antenna Repair

[EasyListeningLounge]

Try a preamplifier. It will give you better reception. Winegard makes a pretty good one.

[hrbear]

At 3:01 I see that this antenna is a kind of combo VHF / UHF, but notice that the UHF dipole (butterfly) is the only connected to the coaxial cable. No VHF dipole is there, there are only the VHF reflectors at the back. So, this antenna actually performs at the UHF bands. If you plan to receive more the UHF TV stations, you had better to replace this large antenna with a new smaller one (UHF only). Also, replacing the coaxial could be a good idea. The equipment for TV antenna is not expensive.

[MrShelf56]

@hrbear On this model the VHF elements are the driven dipoles as opposed to being reflectors. We only have one VHF station in Raliegh-Durham on channel 11, which works well on a UHF antenna since it is twice the wavelength of UHF. This antenna works well on the market 75 miles to the East of me for Washington-Greenville, NC which has my sister station on channel 10. It is not strong enough to pull in WCTI in New Bern reliably, which is on UHF channel 48.

[chickenpoper]

hey what do you recomend for an antenna that has to get signals from up to 90 miles away?

[davenwin1973]

I had to replace the cable on my antenna back in April, as my market didn't go all digital until June 12th. You bring up some good points on making the most of DTV.

When you have to replace your antenna in the future, you might wanna look at an antenna that is optimized for 7-51 if there are no stations on 2-6 in your area. For me, Chicago only has 2 hi-VHF stations (no full power low-vhf), and my next antenna will only be for ch 7-51.

[mythril4]

Your actually right in alot of what you say but a couple simple thing to remember. The more layers between you and the towers ( walls, house, trees, mountains) the worse chance of a good signal, so dont use an indoor antenna. With outdoor antennas point it so all the spires of the antenna (the rods on the antenna) are pointing at the towers not away (it is degined to work that way). And finally, find out were the broadcast towers are located in your area so you are actually pointing at them.

[ellesstee]

Got some squawky blue jays in that neighborhood.