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Old 01-23-2022, 03:55 PM
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Are you sure you have this pointed in the correct direction, towards Orlando, 117 degrees from our house. Do you have an amplifier on the antenna and is it rated for at least 80 miles? Did you rescan your TV after connecting the antenna? I am in Pinellas and reception from Orlando is sketchy at best (there is a building in Leesburg in the way), I have the antenna pointed to Ocala, and get about a dozen stations which sounds like what you are getting. When i was experimenting with Orlando, on a good day i would get 65 channels, 1/3 Spanish, 1/3 religious (etc), and the rest something I would actually watch. There are a couple of websites that have good info on how to aim the antenna and the approximate height required, search on TV reception in my area.
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