antennas for over-the air DTV

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antennas for over-the air DTV

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When I lived in Okla. City, I was paying $467,479,379 <g> per month for Cox Cable television and internet. Once I moved to Kansas, all I opted for was Cox internet. I went for most all of 2014 WITHOUT ANY TELEVISION <g> in my new home here in Kansas.

But, I did miss local news/weather...and some other network shows.

In Salina, we have several over the air "repeaters" running low power, and they provide ABC, NBC and Fox (along with the second channels for MeTV, etc). The full-power CBS signal is from many miles away.

The "amplified" antenna gizmo from Rat Shack (suggested by Consumer's Reports) doesn't work well....maybe it's defective?

I've been Googling "antenna stuff" but am overwhelmed. Looking for a DIY solution (several yagi's?) I can build for cheap.

If anyone is interested, I can explain further what the signals are, and the directions they are located from me.


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Re: antennas for over-the air DTV

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The people at AVS forum might be able to help.

http://www.avsforum.com/forum/25-hdtv-technical/
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Wow...information overload at that AVS site! <g>

The many mentions of the TVfool website did give me some additional insights based upon my location.

Thanks for the suggestion, Skater.

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I used TV Fool as well since we have a large antenna farm concentrated in one area then a bunch of LP TV all around us.
I used it to compute a bearing for me.
One of the challenges in Dallas Fort Worth are two OTA HDTV stations in the VHF High band.
I ended up using a Winegard HD7694P VHF/UHF Antenna attic-mounted.
Once we got radiant barrier decking installed I had to add a preamp.
Before that it had pretty hot level.

Winegard HD7694P: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001DF ... UTF8&psc=1

I don't have (or want) cable TV and a lot of the content on the OTA "dot 2" channels are pretty interesting.
We also stream IPTV via Netflix delivered by cable.
AT&T is finishing their fiber build-out in our neighborhood.
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