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| Topic: | Terestrial HD Antennas? This thread has 8 replies. Displaying all posts. |
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| Post 1 made on Wednesday April 10, 2002 at 16:04 |
novo Founding Member |
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Does anyone have any advice on a good terestrial HD antenna? I'm only 20 miles from NYC.
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| Post 2 made on Wednesday April 10, 2002 at 19:18 |
Larry Fine Loyal Member |
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Terk.com seems to have a range of antennas, which you can also get at PartsExpress.com. At your distance, you'd probably get by with a Radio Shack VHF/UHF antenna. Larry www.fineelectricco.com
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| Post 3 made on Thursday April 11, 2002 at 12:49 |
texasbrit Founding Member |
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The Terk antennas are not very good and really overpriced. Radio Shack or ChannelMaster would probably be your best bet. Do a search in the HDTV forum at www.avsforum.com, there's a lot of info there.
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| Post 4 made on Thursday April 11, 2002 at 19:33 |
I live 10 miles from NYC and just got the Radio Shack VU-190 XR. It is on sale this week for 1/2 price at $49. It was easy to set-up and I'm getting a 100% on CBS and 97 on Fox. Also, the analog stations come in great.
Jeff
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| Post 5 made on Monday April 15, 2002 at 00:40 |
Ernie Bornn-Gilman Yes, That Ernie! |
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I work in and around the Los Angeles area. I have basically settled on the Winegard GhostKiller (7010, I forget the prefix).
It is a medium sized antenna that I have had success with at forty miles from the transmitters. They are all on one mountaintop here.
It has the advantage that it not only attenutates signals coming in from the sides, but also from the back. It is usually not mentioned that directional antennas pick up signals pretty well from straight behind them. Ghosts, for instance.
Anyhoo, I have used this one at maybe eight miles from the transmitters, on hilltops, with hills in the way, with stacks of buildings behind the antenna, and all with great success. You do have to know your amplifying options, though.
Remember, too, that most manufacturers made these antennas into HD antennas by the clever device of stamping the word "digital" on the box. Except for some of the pricy superfazapp fringe buddies, it's just a UHF antenna!
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| Post 6 made on Wednesday April 17, 2002 at 16:20 |
tweakman Founding Member |
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Check to make sure all your HD stations are UHF. One of ours here in Dallas is VHF, so we need a UHF/VHF antenna.
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| Post 7 made on Saturday April 27, 2002 at 21:46 |
Ernie Bornn-Gilman Yes, That Ernie! |
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The Ghostkiller is UHF/VHF.
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A good answer is easier with a clear question giving the make and model of everything.
"The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." -- G. “Bernie” Shaw |
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| Post 8 made on Thursday May 2, 2002 at 06:26 |
Assuming you have decent line of site to the towers, any yagi antenna will be fine. You'd probably also be fine with the Radio Shack double bowtie antenna for about $20.
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| Post 9 made on Wednesday May 8, 2002 at 16:36 |
KorvetteKen Founding Member |
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I live in Orlando. Even tho I can point at the antenna "farm",I am blocked by the side of the Condo and by trees.I have used most all omni-directional antennas,inside and out, but they were too touchy as far as getting a good signal from all stations with off-air HD(6). I tried the U-75 UHF antenna from Radio Shack and I found a "sweet spot" that gave me very good reception.Minimal adjustments.
I am using the Dish 6000w/local module for my HD.
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