I have a cabin in northern Price county along the Ashland county border. I am looking for ideas and suggestions for a TV antenna to add to my TV at the cabin . Thanks
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TV antenna
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Lol. I made it using spare parts from around the house. The board got a little rustic looking cause I tried using the antenna outdoors for a while, but it actually didn't work any better being outside than it did in the house. There are a ton of Youtube videos on how to make these, and all of them have worked better than the store bought ones for me, even the ones that have amplifiers.
I like to look on the internet about different ways to make an HDTV antenna. I have made them from just the coaxial cable itself, a paper clip, a cd case with some large binder clips, and these two, pictured. Coat hangers and a 2X6 has worked really well and last night I tried the other one pictured using two soda cans, a coat hanger and that 75 ohm transformer which costs about a buck and a half at a local hardware store. I am quite pleased with how many channels I get with the soda can antenna. I live about 20 miles from the nearest tv station and I get all of the channels - Fox, CBS, ABC, NBC, and PBS. The coat hanger with a 2X6 I've even picked up stations about 50 miles away occasionally on a clear night. I have a couple of store bought antennas and these work way better and cost way less to make. If you're not too far away from the tv stations, give these a try. How to make them is on Youtube.
Okay I understand now
You should at least try putting an inline preamp on the antenna line they're usually cheap about $20
That might help your reception up north
Today we transmit everything over a digital signal
The digital signal comes to your house to your antenna then switchs through a box to go back to analog into your tube TV which has a definition about 480 pixels
the distortion you might be seeing just might be because of the conversion of digital back down to analog
Borrow a digital TV from someone and check it out
My dad went from a 20in tube TV to a 32 inch LED 720
And loves it he just watches local TV it cannot believe how clear it looks now
Those old tube TVs use whole bunch of electricity so you should see a drop in your electrical bill
Ice satellite providers have to use compression software to transmit their signal
It causes a little bit of Loss in the resolution
The over-the-air antenna is totally clean no compression
Picture and sound quality are improved over satellite, some of the sound formats are not supported on satellite
First you have an old TV with an analog tuner and you added a digital signal converter
So it's a 480 digital signal back to analog picture
The new TV will have a built-in digital tuner for 480 720 and 1080
Just moving up to the new HDTV you should see some great improvement and most major networks are 720 or 1080
Since the HDTVs have gone down greatly they're quite affordable
Never heard of or experienced cloud cover and rain interfering with tv reception on a traditional antenna. Mine is in the attic laying on its side and it works fine by me and I am 50 miles from the nearest TV station. My son probably hooked up an in line amp to make it work. Like BA said make sure its pointed correctly.
Is it possible you need to upgrade to a digital antenna?
if you add your address it will be more accurate
pointing the old ant in the correct position will help
and a amp also
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