On November 27, 2009 at 10:37, CaelandCoen said...
I think adding a rotator would significantly add the amount of channels I get. But it seems like the more I read the majority of folks out there either are disappointed in their's or feel like even though it isn't quality it works enough.
Before I spend the money and time on the roof any suggestions?
Here is what I think you should do, it requires 2 people and some walkie-talkie or FRS style radios and a marker. One person is in the house by the TV, the other on the roof. Mark a line on the antenna mount where it rotates so that your line is on both the rotating and fixed parts, so you know the starting position.
Person inside house runs a scan of the channels, and writes down any channel that comes in clear ( without a lot of static or snow ). Skip the ones that are barely acceptable. Person on roof rotates the antenna about 10 degrees, repeat the scan, write down any NEW channels that come in clear, draw a line between so that you know when the antenna position was changed.
Repeat this process until you are back in the starting position.
Now you will probably have some lines where there are no channels between lines, and that is okay. If all the channels are within one or two adjacent positions then a rotor isn't going to help. If there are channels all over the place, then a rotor will help.