I have coax running to the dish on the roof. When I get rid of that can I use the coax for an HD antenna? If so does anyone have a recommendation for an antenna with mounting hardware?
Need HD antenna recommendation
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NutBucket
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Start here:
www.antennaweb.org
That will provide the info you need for what type of antenna you need (long range, directional, etc.) From there, you can head to a vendor like www.solidsignal.com and find an antenna that fits the bill.
www.antennaweb.org
That will provide the info you need for what type of antenna you need (long range, directional, etc.) From there, you can head to a vendor like www.solidsignal.com and find an antenna that fits the bill.
Like Nutbucket said, you need to find out what type of signals you have in your area and how far you are from transmitters to determine how strong an antenna you need.
Terrestrial Digital makes some nice antennas and you can buy a J mount kit.
Monoprice also has an amplified indoor / outdoor antenna, though I don't know how good it is:
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10901&cs_id=1090102&p_id=4730&seq=1&format=2
Terrestrial Digital makes some nice antennas and you can buy a J mount kit.
Monoprice also has an amplified indoor / outdoor antenna, though I don't know how good it is:
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10901&cs_id=1090102&p_id=4730&seq=1&format=2
I'd recommend www.tvfool.com over antennaweb.org. The info has always been a little more accurate and in-depth from my experience. Get that info and I'd be more than happy to give a couple of recommendations.
IIRC, 70 miles is limit because of curvature of the earth. Indoor antenna like Silver Sensor really is supposed to be used up to 20 - 25 miles away.
If you don't have mountains, something like a Terrestrial Digital DB-4 might work (you can get generic J-mount kit like tv installers use elsewhere). Old school large rooftop antenna might also work. They also make a DB-8, but you may not need that much gain (don't know if their DB-2 is enough given 40 mile from transmitter distance).
From my own personal experience, having a sensitive tuner chip is also important, in addition to antenna itself.
If you don't have mountains, something like a Terrestrial Digital DB-4 might work (you can get generic J-mount kit like tv installers use elsewhere). Old school large rooftop antenna might also work. They also make a DB-8, but you may not need that much gain (don't know if their DB-2 is enough given 40 mile from transmitter distance).
From my own personal experience, having a sensitive tuner chip is also important, in addition to antenna itself.
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All of your majors are in one direction 115 degrees.
If you're mounting outside on the roof (20 feet up or so) I'd say get this one http://www.dennysantennaservice.com/ez_hd_tv_Antenna.html. You can probably find it on Amazon or at Wal-Mart as the RCA ANT751. It is an awesome antenna for its size. Add a Winegard HDP 269 pre-amp and you'll get all the majors no problem. I've installed a few of these with great luck. You may not even need the pre-amp, but it wouldn't hurt just to make it bad weather proof.
If you're mounting outside on the roof (20 feet up or so) I'd say get this one http://www.dennysantennaservice.com/ez_hd_tv_Antenna.html. You can probably find it on Amazon or at Wal-Mart as the RCA ANT751. It is an awesome antenna for its size. Add a Winegard HDP 269 pre-amp and you'll get all the majors no problem. I've installed a few of these with great luck. You may not even need the pre-amp, but it wouldn't hurt just to make it bad weather proof.
Ask This Old House had an episode on installing a rooftop antenna. If you search You Tube, I think it should be there (it was episode with container gardening and installing rooftop antenna).
(J -mount kit I was mentioning is in pics from links smitbret provided).
(J -mount kit I was mentioning is in pics from links smitbret provided).
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You'll most likely be able to use the mounting post for the dish, too. Just remove the Dish part of the Dish and bracket that bad boy right into place.
I ended up going with smitbret's suggestion of antenna and pre-amp and they're fantastic. Thanks for the help.
to hit all of those i'd recommend a hdhomerun and two yagi style antennas. you will not hit all of them using one antenna for sure. two tuners and two antennas would give you more flex. Plus you could put the hdhomerun right up near the antennas under the roof - the longer (especially non commercial grade RG-6 and connectors) the run you suffer catastrophic db loss.
ie. commercial grade withstands skyscraper for 20 years crimped cables = +10 signal over monoprice shielded RG-6 @ 25ft - no joke!
now if you could mount it so the hdhomerun was rg-6 5 feet - probably wouldn't matter what cable - you'd get best strength - homerun the rest with cat6 to your network.
ATSC is very unforgiving - you don't want a signal strength of 80
ie. commercial grade withstands skyscraper for 20 years crimped cables = +10 signal over monoprice shielded RG-6 @ 25ft - no joke!
now if you could mount it so the hdhomerun was rg-6 5 feet - probably wouldn't matter what cable - you'd get best strength - homerun the rest with cat6 to your network.
ATSC is very unforgiving - you don't want a signal strength of 80
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Supposedly the quality and performance of the Channelmaster's have gone downhill recently. I also use a Channelmaster 4228, but it one of the older ones while they were still USA made. Give the Antennacraft U8000 a good look.
i put this one in my attic, it is working quite well, i am 40-45 miles out
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-005-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-005-_-Product
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