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jump4 12-20-2022 11:09 AM

My 2015 home in Labelle (between 466A and 44) had foil. At some point, the builder stopped installing the foil barrier. My 2020 house S of 44 (near Everglades Rec.) does not have foil in the attic.

keepsake 12-20-2022 11:13 AM

If you have a metal roof, ignore this.

Why not do a yagi antenna, aimed at Orlando, in your attic ???

I happen to be south of the Villages and get 50 channels from Tampa, off-the-air. Why pay?

Battlebasset 12-20-2022 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by keepsake (Post 2168211)
If you have a metal roof, ignore this.

Why not do a yagi antenna, aimed at Orlando, in your attic ???

I happen to be south of the Villages and get 50 channels from Tampa, off-the-air. Why pay?

You mean Orlando, right? Not Tampa.

keepsake 12-20-2022 11:40 AM

No Orlando. I am 30 miles south of the Village and 45 miles north of Rvierview (Tampa towers). Orlando has towers closer to you than Tampa. There is an online search (that I used years ago) that will show you the towers vs your location and bearings to aim an antenna at. Also distances with all calc's done for you.

tophcfa 12-20-2022 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by jrref (Post 2139459)
Do you realize you can stream many of these network TV stations using free Xumo or Pluto apps on your smart TV? Why go through the trouble of an antenna? Even if you don't have a smart TV you can get a streaming device like a Amazon Firestick very cheap and you are done.

That would require having high speed internet access. When at our Villages home my phone’s data plan is our internet and our antenna is our television.

Battlebasset 12-20-2022 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by jrref (Post 2139459)
Do you realize you can stream many of these network TV stations using free Xumo or Pluto apps on your smart TV? Why go through the trouble of an antenna? Even if you don't have a smart TV you can get a streaming device like a Amazon Firestick very cheap and you are done.

Not sure what you mean. The major networks require that you get their channels over the air or via cable/satellite/pay internet app (Sling). There are no free internet feeds of network TV. They shut down Locast about a year ago because they were grabbing the OTA signal and feeding it over the internet. I've seen/used Pluto. No major networks on it.


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