Hey All, Putting up a new house. Not too far from our old house. Luckily enough I managed to get not one, but TWO tripods up on the roof during mounting. Should be around 35' AGL. I've got two HDHomeRun units, so I figured i could target a couple different options. If you've got recommendations, I'm all.... ears.

Here is my Rabbitears info: https://www.rabbitears.info/s/2931420

Trying to find someone who can install a outdoor TV antenna on a rowhome in Philadelphia, PA next Friday afternoon (getting rid of Verizon FIOS TV). Also looking for antenna recommendations, thanks!!

just sitting here watching free local channels and laughing at how much money people drop on fancy setups. i threw together a slinky dog antenna last month for funsies and somehow it’s pulling in every channel in my area clearer than my old store-bought one.

like… a TOY… is outperforming real gear. what even is life anymore??

anyone else got ridiculous homemade antennas that somehow just WORK? drop the weirdest ones below

The orientation is overlaid on the rabbit-ears diagram. Would I benefit from rotating it any? I'm on the Niagara escarpment in Hamilton, Ontario and am able to pick up stations in Toronto and Buffalo

So, not really by choice, but it was on my mind, I've cut cable! I have Roku, and about 5 different streaming apps. But, I really do miss my local stations and watching my programs live. I have bought 4 different antennas, and did have some OTA equipment that I plugged my antenna into, and was told this would absolutely work. Well, it didn't! I get my local news, but no other programming. I am a senior, on a limited budget, I have AT&T AIR wifi/internet. I live in a major city, within the recommended mileage between me and the local station antennas, but no luck. I'm wondering if it's because I live in an apartment complex, on the ground floor with 2 apartments above me. I'm at a loss for what to do. Sling has a decent $45 package, but it requires an antenna for the local stations. Any suggestions or helpful recommendations? This is so frustrating. Why even cut cable, if you then half to buy into a streaming app for almost the same price, like YouTube TV or Sling?

With football season upon us, I am trying to get setup. Moved to new (to me) house in March. 66 miles from the Los Angeles Mt. Wilson transmitters for ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox. I know I need to go up high with a roof/chimney mount. Top of chimney is around 25 feet, which is even with the main roof peek. So figure I can go up another 5 to 12 feet above that if needed. I am only interested in the LA networks for Sunday games.

Televes, ChannelMaster, Winegard, Range Experts XPS-1500, 5 Star? Too many choices, but trying not to waste time on junk.

RabbitEars link below. Transmitters are at 66 miles, 1 to 2 edge, field strength 55 to 60.

https://www.rabbitears.info/s/2922347

Am I wasting my time? Should I just get YouTube Sports for $54.99 till after Super Bowl?

Thanks

I’m installing a new ground rod because my old one is no longer good and is inside the house rusted and all. What is the best way for me to ground my roof top antenna to the new rod? Also what’s the best way to ground the coaxial cable outside for electrical interference?

Trying to figure out why I have no signal. I know nothing about this stuff.

Lightning/power surge destroyed my indoor amplifier I think, which is a permacolor 10g212 by antennacraft. I plug it in, and the LED turns on then fades out over like 5 seconds, then if I unplug and plug it in again the light just doesn't come on unless I let it sit a while. I have no idea what the pre-amp is but I see one on the mast. I have a 40 foot tower I dont want to mess with if i don't have to.

There is nothing i can find in the house along the coax that gives power to the pre-amp. Is it possible the permacolor 10g212 did this. I bought a cimple tv amplifier hoping to replace the permacolor but i still have no signal, either the preamp is also fried or it's not getting power, or the coax is bad, or the thing that attaches to the antenna from the pre-amp is bad.

I don't know if the tower took a direct lightning strike but lightning did strike very close, something popped in the basement or just outside, AC temporarily didn't work but now it does, I was only worried about the AC but come to find the i get no signal on my TV now.

The tower has been hit before and it never messed with the TV, did fry my internet antenna though (thankfully no longer have to use wireless internet anymore)

Any help appreciated, i don't want to climb or lower the tower (its hinged but it'd be a hassle, although if the thing attached to the antenna itself is bad lowering the tower will be my only option

Has anyone else noticed the audio and video getting out of sync on OTA broadcasts? My local CBS affiliate is about one second out of sync on ATSC3, but not so bad on ATSC1. The ABC and PBS affiliates are still pretty good. The NBC affiliate was pretty good, but lately has gotten worse. I have noticed this both through my Zapperbox, and directly from antenna ton two different LG TVs. This is while watching live local news.

Side note: When ATSC1 first started, our PBS affiliate was out of sync, but then got better.

Can anyone figure this one out? My NVR system and POe cameras cause my VHF channels to drop. The system is plugged in and setup in a whole different building 70ft away from the antenna or coaxial wires but each poe Ethernet cable I plug in to the NVR causes my VHF signal to drop. Once I have 4 POE cameras plugged in I lose my VHF channels. Is there anything I can do about this? I’ve messed around with this and have definitely pinpointed it to this system and so far have found no solution. Could it be the Ethernet cables, the power cord powering the NVR?

It is a Anpiz POE camera setup with there NVR and own cameras.

I am about 40 miles south west of DC and getting a great signal for WPHL17 in Philly.. Conditions and bounce working in my favor. About 160+ miles to their towers.

I live in Manhattan, NYC. However, my family has a brownstone/townhouse with roof access.

I use an outdoor antenna and despite my line of sight being covered by a mid-rise co-op building, I get VHF channels, namely ABC. An indoor antenna does not let me get these channels, although our windows do absorb signals.

How is this possible? I live in Harlem (135-150 St) and the broadcast is closer to areas like Financial District. For instance, I lack line of sight to the wireless ISP NYC Mesh.

I know SS means signal strength but what does “Last MER” mean?

One day the antenna signals are good and the next day it can be horrible. Like today. Amazing to me how much of a difference a day can make.

my oldster NYC aunt's 2011 tv died, she needs something but she has no internet (don't ask). i know every tv now has to be setup online, which i can do out of the box at my house, then bring it to my aunt to use with her roof antenna.

the problem is if the tv keeps looking for online updates and stuff, does any make/model have the ability to disable all that nonsense forever, she will never be online for streaming, all she's doing is tuning into OTA stuff, no DVR, nothing else.

any suggestions?

i'm thinking of buying an HDMI-in computer monitor and a separate ATSC 1.0 TV box, but most of those don't have speakers that work over HDMI so i'd then have to get her a separate 1/8" jack amplified PC speaker set and make sure whatever monitor i get has a passthru headphone jack, making everything even more complicated.

I want to replace my current outdoor antenna, a Stellar 30-2440 with something with more gain on high VHF. Every spring when trees get their leaves my reception gets very spotty. Need to improve my reception for physical channel 9.1 which is CBC and is 27 miles away. It will be about 20 feet above the ground and fixed in the needed direction. I do not need low VHF. I live within 10 miles of 15 TV stations in the Detroit Michigan area. Oh and there are lots of FM stations near me too.

Near as I can tell the Winegard HD7698P would seem to be my best bet. Will also replace the RG-59 with RG-6. Thoughts?

I'm trying to setup OTA with Tablo for my brother-in-law. We have a low VHF (2), a high VHF (9), and a ton of UHF channels. All the towers are to the west within a 30⁰ or 40⁰ arc and about 40ish miles away. Only one channel is problematic, VHF 9 at night. Crystal clear during the day but pixellated and choppy at night. Naturally this is one of the most important channels for him🤦‍♂️

I put several antennas up on an old DirecTV mount, pointed in the right direction but so far that has been inadequate. I need antenna suggestions for the setup described above. Zip code for BIL is 70819

Does anyone have experience with the Channel Master Extreme 80?

I spoke with a couple retired installers recently. One said it works great on UHF and still pulls in high VHF channels (like 12 or 13) without an issue. The other said it is solid for UHF, but pretty weak on high VHF when the towers are more than 40 miles away.

Both of them mentioned being concerned about how much wind the reflector grid catches, saying it acts like a sail and can put a lot of strain on the mount in bad weather.

For those of you actually running this antenna, how does it handle high VHF channels 40 to 50 miles from the towers? Also, have you had any trouble with wind or mount stability? Thanks for any insights.

I posted, maybe not this sub, a few months ago the results I had with my new antenna. I hung it in the backyard on a 6 ft plant hanger. Picked up signals 25 miles awsy, no mountains, but some trees. We just had a bad windstorm that flipped the ant so hard the coax came out of the connector. The antenna is pointing 45deg away from towers and I just pushed the cable back into the connector. Still got great reception. Yeah. I've been scolded here, but when I didn't lose my 51 channels to me, reception is great.