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beachx4me 09-07-2013 09:25 AM
antenna
 
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Originally Posted by Virginians (Post 739293)
We also love our free TV in TV. However NBC is lost 10% of the time and CBS a little more. Sounds like you are getting much better reception. I'm using an Omni-Directional Antenna just below rooftop level. I'm considering taking it up 12 feet or going to a stronger directional antenna which would require a rotor as stations are located in all directions from here. Very curious, what antenna are you using?
Sorry, I missed this. Have been out of town. I responded to your email. But it all came from Radio Shack, high def antenna and a high-gain signal amplifier. We have been very satisfied. It was all total about $200 and it has more than paid for itself now.

Recently went to Renninger's at Mt. Dora and there is someone selling antennas with the rotor for $50.00. However all that works. I wasn't the installer, just the watcher!!!

Villager Audio Video 09-13-2013 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted by TheVillagesAV.com (Post 740800)
I've done 4 or 5 attic antenna installs in The Villages with good results. Having said that, I'm working with a customer now and I'm installing a much larger antenna Tuesday. The 1st one didn't work at all at his home. Could be the power lines 500 yards from his home and directly in between his home and Orlando's broadcast towers.
I installed a larger antenna in this customers attic earlier this week with great results. With smaller antenna I installed, we got NOTHING.

One of the major network channels was a little sketchy so I attached a signal amplifier and it cleared it up nicely. This antenna is feeding 3 TV's in this home.

Look at these results, 41 channels and this customer is about as far north in The Villages as you can get. I think we figured it out. :pepper2:

http://i1344.photobucket.com/albums/...psafc7be92.jpg

asianthree 09-13-2013 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by TheVillagesAV.com (Post 744780)
I installed a larger antenna in this customers attic earlier this week with great results. With smaller antenna I installed, we got NOTHING.

One of the major network channels was a little sketchy so I attached a signal amplifier and it cleared it up nicely. This antenna is feeding 3 TV's in this home.

Look at these results, 41 channels and this customer is about as far north in The Villages as you can get. I think we figured it out. :pepper2:

http://i1344.photobucket.com/albums/...psafc7be92.jpg
oh wise one of tv's can you give a ball park for antenna...would be nice to use when we are down for three to six weeks without turning on comcast

OldManTime 09-13-2013 08:39 AM
I installed a HDTV antenna, get about 15 channels, but watch FOX, ABC, NBC most of the time. my 20' mast and antenna cost $50. with no monthly charges. I installed it.

Villager Audio Video 09-13-2013 08:40 AM
I really need to have a look before I commit to anything but typically around $200 (+/-) installed in the attic.

((Disclaimer: I cannot guarantee results as Ultra High Frequency radio wave reception is unpredictable. It's possible (although unlikely) that one home works great but the neighbors cant get anything. Having said that, If I cant get you the results we're after I'll take the antenna down and you're only out the labor. For what its worth, I haven't had a failed attempt yet. ))

wisbad1 11-09-2013 04:37 PM
Question about your tv antenna
 
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Originally Posted by beachx4me (Post 739239)
We have one and the reception is fantastic. Just as clear as with cable. My husband and a friend put it up. We get NBC, CBS, ABC, PBS, RTV, MeTV, FOX, a channel that shows movies, probably about 50+ in all. Out of the total channels, we probably watch about 25-30, as a few are in Spanish. I really haven't even missed cable, and I sure don't miss the bill!!
What kind of an antenna do you have? We just bought a house in Collier and were hoping to get some local stations with an antenna. Did you put it just by the tv or in the attic or roof?

Interested New Resident

Villager Audio Video 11-09-2013 04:58 PM
Look for UHF antennas in the 65+ mile range for best results

2BNTV 11-09-2013 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by DougB (Post 738885)
If you can get your spouse to stand on a chair with one leg stuck out with a pan on her head and one hand wrapped in aluminum foil while holding the antenna at a 57 degree angle, you may get a channel or two.
:1rotfl:

jerseyvillager 11-09-2013 05:49 PM
Hdtv
 
I am located near Cane Garden. The HDTV antenna does well with ABC, CBS, and Fox and a few others. NBC is iffy. The transmission towers which are located between Orlando and Sanford is where I pull from. The NBC transmitter is on the bottom of the totem pole and makes NBC difficult from my location. Streaming with HuluPlus and Roku gives me all the TV I need.

jebartle 11-09-2013 06:36 PM
Just wondering....
 
If you thought about taking your show on the road....You ARE soooo funny!...
I still crack up over "giving peas a chance"



Quote:
Originally Posted by DougB (Post 738885)
If you can get your spouse to stand on a chair with one leg stuck out with a pan on her head and one hand wrapped in aluminum foil while holding the antenna at a 57 degree angle, you may get a channel or two.


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