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Old 01-16-2010, 09:24 AM  
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I wanted to tap into the Planets expert advice regarding a TV signal from hell. Most of the time my Direct TV signal is great on the satellite, but when it comes to the "local channel's" they fade in and out like the wind. Unfortunately, in my area, Direct TV doesn't offer the locals yet, so I am forced to get the locals off an antenna. I have the B Band converters hooked up, so that's not the issue.


When the Direct TV guy was here about a year ago, he mentioned there was some kind of booster box and also some kind of a "super antenna" if you will. He claimed the antenna was the cats ass and or the king daddy of antennas. Does any of this ring a bell? (Radio Shack?) I am tired of the local CBS, ABC, NBC fading out and not even being able to get the local FOX station at all.

I PMed Direct TV guru Skip, which seems like the logical choice, but I thought there may be others out there who have had the same problems and worked through it.

Any ideas?
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Old 01-16-2010, 10:57 AM   #31
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I wouldn't invest in a "multi-directional" antenna. They promise more than they deliver.
So given the results I posted, if you were in my shoes, which model would you hang on the roof?
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Old 01-16-2010, 11:03 AM   #32
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So is there a specific antenna you would go with in this case?
There may be a trade off. Keep in mind the gain factor of the antenna. Higher gains mean narrower beamwidth.

Before you buy a rotor, try turning your antenna and see if the signal improves. In analog, you would see a clearer picture with some ghosting of the signal. With digital, when the signal starts dropping you see frame freezing or digital breaking (small squares in the picture). So it is best if you pause and the the BER catch up. The constant frozen frame means you have lost the signal. That's the difference between analog and digital TV.

As far as the best antenna model, Skip's suggestion may be the best. But the other posters seem to have some good alternatives also.

Try suing DTV. . .
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Old 01-16-2010, 11:04 AM   #33
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So given the results I posted, if you were in my shoes, which model would you hang on the roof?
Can you focus your present antenna directly at the FOX tower? That might be the place to start to see if you get an uninterrupted signal. I'm thinking you won't, though. I think there are terrain issues that no antenna will overcome.

If it does come in better, the ABC station may be a casualty. It's worth a try before spending any money.
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Old 01-16-2010, 11:07 AM   #34
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Try suing DTV. . .


I was about ready to last Sunday, when I had to miss the playoff game.
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Old 01-16-2010, 11:10 AM   #35
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Can you focus your present antenna directly at the FOX tower? That might be the place to start to see if you get an uninterrupted signal. I'm thinking you won't, though. I think there are terrain issues that no antenna will overcome.

If it does come in better, the ABC station may be a casualty. It's worth a try before spending any money.
Will do. I plan to smack some snow out of my way and hump it up to the top of the roof in an hour of so. If I make it back down without pulling the old slide off / ground smack, I will post the results of my adventure.
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Old 01-16-2010, 11:15 AM   #36
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Will do. I plan to smack some snow out of my way and hump it up to the top of the roof in an hour of so. If I make it back down without pulling the old slide off / ground smack, I will post the results of my adventure.
Have the wife ready with a camera this post will be worthless without pictures ~
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Old 01-16-2010, 11:18 AM   #37
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One more thing. You might knock on the doors of some neigbors and see what reception they are getting. Someone may have already tried some of this stuff.
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Heh, I will be doing my best to avoid a "slide off." I don't bounce as well as I did 10 years ago.
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Old 01-16-2010, 11:21 AM   #39
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One more thing. You might knock on the doors of some neigbors and see what reception they are getting. Someone may have already tried some of this stuff.
Another solid piece of advise. That could save me a lot of time as well.
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Heh, I will be doing my best to avoid a "slide off." I don't bounce as well as I did 10 years ago.
I look forward to the following post of Bwana unloading the gun at the dish while most are running for cover and the wife is shaking her head dialing direct tv for a replacement dish~
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What I did a couple years ago was to purchase this antenna:

http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...ductId=2103088

I put that up on my chimney. I have 4 digital tv station signals here that I pick up over the air. According to antennaweb.org, they range from 257 degrees to 297 degrees. The furthest is 19.0 miles away and I pick it up with an upper 90s percent reception. Sounds similar to your situation. Although I don't know if you have any obstacles. I pretty much don't have any obstructions between my house and the stations.
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Before direct tv had local stations in my market I was able to get "other" fox/abc/cbs stations through directv. It cost about $3 a month per station and i was able to get abc west(i live in ny) and fox west.If the local stations are not offered by direc tv you should qualify to get those stations but you have to ask direc tv they dont just give them to you. Prime time schedule would be screwed up but at least you could get games which is what I got them for.
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Before direct tv had local stations in my market I was able to get "other" fox/abc/cbs stations through directv. It cost about $3 a month per station and i was able to get abc west(i live in ny) and fox west.If the local stations are not offered by direc tv you should qualify to get those stations but you have to ask direc tv they dont just give them to you. Prime time schedule would be screwed up but at least you could get games which is what I got them for.
I just called these clowns, and they "putting in a request for a waiver." They claimed it would take 45 days to get an answer.
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