Tv antenna

[dcg9381]

if you got a metal roof and the antenna inside the attic, the metal roof will cancel, reflect any signal

It attenuates wifi pretty substantially, I assume the same with TV signals.

I put an external antenna on top of the shop's metal roof. Not a huge one, but just getting it outside the structure provided a huge advantage.

There is an "antenna calculator" that will give you an idea of nearby signals:

Antenna Signal Prediction

Which broadcast channels can you receive for free? It's time you cut the cord!

www.antennaweb.org

I wired everything for co-ax (antenna) and then I bought a DVR (Amazon at the time, discontinued). Basically the DVR in the shop manages all TV reception (and recording) for everything in my house and shop. Way easier than doing it the old fashioned way and you can skip commercials!

 

[Diesel Dan]

We do streaming through our internet provider. We only pay for the add On's we want. When we went from cable when we lived in NJ to streaming when we moved to Va we were able to slash our bill in half.

We moved here back in 2016 and are still waiting to get a terrestrial based ISP.
Several neighbors tried Viasat, hughes etc and none recommended them. Some have started using starlink RV but last I checked was still not "officially" available in our region. Cell reception isn't reliable and recently cancelled our land line since AT&T refuses to fix their issues or run new fiber. There is a chance by years end we MAY get fiber but we already watched one ISP loose their grant bid for an extension into our are.

 

[58Yeoman]

We moved here back in 2016 and are still waiting to get a terrestrial based ISP.
Several neighbors tried Viasat, hughes etc and none recommended them. Some have started using starlink RV but last I checked was still not "officially" available in our region. Cell reception isn't reliable and recently cancelled our land line since AT&T refuses to fix their issues or run new fiber. There is a chance by years end we MAY get fiber but we already watched one ISP loose their grant bid for an extension into our are.

Before my phone company sold the service to BrightSpeed, CenturyLink buried fiber optics for the main lines. They didn't do the individual houses. The hub is probably 7 to 800 feet from my house, as the line lies. Latency is ridiculous. Before Bright Speed took over, latency was 19ms, now it's at least 35 or higher, one test was 148. No wonder we get so much buffering. They say everything is okay.

 

[Mike65]

Brightspeed/Centurylink stinks, that is who we have. Most times even when the signal strength is good or excellent the internet download speed is usually poor. We had Comcast when we lived in NJ & they were getting ridiculously expensive for home landline phone, internet, & 2 cell phones, & their customer service was terrible. We dumped the landline when we moved since we both have cell phones we saw no need to keep a landline any more.

 

[duneslider]

Digital signal is not reliable due to weather conditions. Best antenna in the world works fine one day, next day-no signal. Wind is the worst. On a windy day, think about another past time, as the best antenna will be worthless. Turn the antenna with a motorized pole, and still one day reception will be fine, next day-no signal. The government mandate of Digital was probably the most stupid thing ever for use with an antenna. Not surprising though. No one should get free TV. Make it so unreliable to force everyone to pay. That's the only reason I can see.
I was in the TV business for 34yrs and installed 100s of antennas. I would rather be shot than take a job installing an antenna for Digital TV.

This doesn't even make sense...
Digital makes more sense in almost every aspect, there is a slight distance advantage to the non-digital signal but that only applies if you don't care about fuzzy pictures. So, at the very fringes of coverage you can get a fuzzy picture vs nothing with the digital. So, if you do happen to be very far from the broadcast antennas you may not be able to get the digital signal when you could get a fuzzy analog signal.

Installing an antenna for digital is no different than for analog, they are the same antennas doing the exact same thing...

 

[58Yeoman]

I got my tower down today, using a loose nylon braided rope around the tower, and used the small rope that was off the pulley to raise the nylon rope up. When it got to the top, I pulled on it to tighten it around the tower, then tied off the small rope to keep the nylon one in place. Placed a pulley in another tree and hooked the rope to my truck. Worked great. I got it on the ground and taken apart for a guy from southern IL that is buying it for a ham antenna.

 

[bb29510]

my antenna is homemade with couple welding rods. its at 12 feet and i get 53 channel

you tube is your friend

 

[bb29510]

i saw an antenna years ago, the section fit inside the lower section, and it just crank up, one section at a time

 

[Diesel Dan]

Mounted the new antenna in the old, wobbly position for now.
Get up to 60 stations now, big improvement over the old one, going to be interesting to see how many more when I double the height of it.