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"Eagle Aspen Dtv2Buhf Directv 2-Bay Uhf Antenna"

Eagle Aspen Dtv2Buhf Directv 2-Bay Uhf Antenna
Eagle Aspen Dtv2Buhf Directv 2-Bay Uhf Antenna

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matthanger /r/indianapolis
2 points
1970-01-17 11:44:20.741 +0000 UTC

At 59th and Georgetown you might be able to get a surprising amount of channels by just running a length of coax off your antenna port. I used to live in your general neck of the woods and cheap rabbit ears were all we needed, but a lot of that depends on specific topography, height of antenna, etc.

Rabbit ears didn't work in our current house with a TV in the basement. I put something cheap like this in the attic, works perfect: http://www.amazon.com/Eagle-Aspen-EASDTV2BUHF-Directv-Approved/dp/B000GIT002/

upofadown /r/ota
1 point
1970-01-18 04:02:55.368 +0000 UTC

I have a Channel Master 8 bay UHF.

The HDX1000 is almost for sure a 2 bay UHF inside. Example:

So the performance downgrade would be around a factor of 4. The 8 bay would be very directional so if your signals are spread out over an arc the HDX1000 might actually be better in practice.

Mobile_Version /r/indianapolis
1 point
1970-01-17 11:44:20.769 +0000 UTC
upofadown /r/ota
1 point
1970-01-17 23:13:39.391 +0000 UTC

The Stealthtenna product page is here:

From that we see that it as quite weak on VHF but you don't need VHF. Comparing it to the 4 bay UHF type (CM4221HD), we get 10 dB for the 4 bay and 6 db for the Stealthtenna. That means that the 4 bay would receive over twice as much signal.

Note that a 2 bay UHF type like the Channel Master CM4220HD has 8 dB of gain and so also outperforms the Stealthtenna. I guess the decision would come down to mechanical considerations. Do you need a pointy antenna or a flat antenna?

Added: A friend bought one of these:

... and it came with the grid reflector painted black. That makes it fairly hard to see..

upofadown /r/ota
3 points
1970-01-17 23:36:17.39 +0000 UTC

It doesn't seem necessary to get some big honking antenna on my roof.

If you can't do anything else, you might consider a really small antenna on your roof with an attenuator. Your root problem is that you have signals coming in at right angles to one another. For a single antenna you might consider a 2 bay UHF type pointed southwest. Example:

If that doesn't work you might consider two, perhaps more directional, antennas pointed at each cluster of transmitters and then combined.