[Wiotte]

Originally Posted by LuannBlue

Are they allowing exterior antennas down in Fenney, does anyone know the true answer? All the new homes have so much reflective material in the attics an antenna in the attic won’t work.

The true answer. No one can tell you to remove an exterior antenna.

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[LuannBlue]

Does your attic have all the reflective material in it that the newer homes are now having put in the attic?

[Hacker1]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

It was...........the most difficult part was getting my old body up into the attic and playing army man on my belly to the top of the tube. My tube has 8 cables in it........probably different size tubes. Your 4 cables might have a zip-tie on them and only move as a group.......one should slide down.

Good Luck & Be Safe.

Any recommendations for best antenna to place in attic for good reception?? Yes, I know, outside up high is best, but.....

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by Hacker1

Any recommendations for best antenna to place in attic for good reception?? Yes, I know, outside up high is best, but.....

There is probably newer, better stuff out there now, but I did buy this a few years ago:


Antennas Direct C2 ClearStream Television Antenna
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[Virginians]

Play Station Vue + Amazon Fire TV Device + Echo Dot. After turning the TV on, its hands free.
Alexa, go to Fox News Channel. I don’t even have to open Play Station Vue, Alexa knows Fox News is on Vue. Alexa, pause. Alexa, go back 32 seconds. If you don’t use Echo Dot, your Fire remote can also be used with voice. Also, Sony is improving Vue every month. Dolby Surround Sound added.
Demand and DVR improved over and over.
Because of Vue’s addition of all major networks with Demand and DVR, I am using my OTA and DVR system less and less. A note about NBC. Even though most google searching shows the NBC tower in Orlando with the others, it is actually in Orange City, FL 32763 using the tallest structure in Florida. If you aim your antenna to it ( 90deg ), the others still come as they are much stronger.

[capecoralbill]

Question for the Virginians, You mentioned NBC in Orange city, does that tune to 2.1 or 2.3, I get pretty good reception on 2.3 Which station do you tune to? 2.1 or 2.3 ? Thanks

[jandkindy]

I have been experimenting with the free week of Directv now. We are currently coming up on our contract renewal date for our Comcast triple play, so I'm looking for a cheaper alternative. Directv now has a good selection of the channels we watch at $35/month. I am using a Roku stick and have watched it for the last four days. Last night, however, it lost the signal four or five times over a period of about 45 minutes so finally we switched back to cable input. I'm thinking the comcast wifi signal may have cut out, but my computer and tv did not experience any of these problems. Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this problem.

[Dan9871]

We have occasional short dropouts with Directv Now. Nothing like 45 minutes though. Usually 10 or 15 seconds though some times longer. We are using Amazon Fire TV. Other than the short drop outs it's a good service for what we want to watch. Good enough that we dropped DirectTV after being a customer for about 25 years. I think it growing pains on the part of DirectTV Now and will improve over time.

[Virginians]

shows up as 2.3 but actually broadcasts on I can't remember but I think channel 10

[Jo-Ski]

Hi, how far does your external antenna reach? Does it get Orlando stations?

[jpvillager]

Lost WiFi signal: using Roku 3 watching watch ESPN we not only lost the signal but had to reconnect the Roku. Reconnected manually right away once we realized what was happening. This is the first time ever in many years this connection problem has happened. Suspect it was Comcast.

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by Jo-Ski

Hi, how far does your external antenna reach? Does it get Orlando stations?

yes

[dewilson58]

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[UpNorth]

I mounted a long range Antennas Direct antenna high on my roof, above the attic vents, a few weeks ago (You can't see it from the front of my house - it's not big). Dropped a 50' coax cable to the tv, using a flat, through the window sill connector (no holes to drill). Aimed it at 112 degrees (towards the Orlando transmitters) and picked up 59 channels. I'm not in the highest point in The Villages, so you might get more or less where you are located. I get all the major networks, with some occasional dropouts (not much) due to weather conditions, etc. Most of the other channels are Spanish or Religious stations in Standard Definition, but a few others are interesting, and not on local cable. I don't use a signal booster amplifier, and I'm not sure it would help much anyway. Nice to have a television signal even when Comcast goes down. Other than the antenna, we use Amazon Fire devices, a Roku, and a Slingbox that imports our cable tv service from up north.

[leftyf]

I mounted mine in the attic and I use a booster and get 44 good channels. I deleted about 25 useless to me channels. I bought the antennae and booster at Walmart. After seeing mine, my neighbor did the same thing and he now gets the same channels.