[mythtv-users] HDTV antenna quandry

RParr RParr at TemporalArts.COM
Thu Apr 26 19:57:21 UTC 2007


Mark wrote:
> Maybe one of you guys has run into this before...
>
> I'm planning on moving to HDHOMERUN boxes in the near future, but I have 
> a dilemma.  I have multiple stations nearby, Lansing 30 miles to the north,
> Kalamazoo 45 miles west, and Detroit 60 miles East.  I need higher gain 
> antennas pointed in multiple directions.  I could do it with a rotor, 
> but then I might miss
> a show on a channel where the antenna isn't pointed.  Best bet is 
> separate antennas.  Can antenna feeds for digital broadcasts be combined 
> with a splitter/combiner?
> Or should I run each antenna feed to a separate hdhomerun and play with 
> channel/input  priorities until it works right? Currently this is my 
> only avenue for recording HD.
> Cable and Sat don't carry what I want.
>
> Thoughts?
>
>   
I just ran across this article which discusses using something called a 
join-tenna to handle antennas pointing in multiple directions

http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/01/30/ota-hd-demystified/


R.Parr, RHCE, Temporal Arts



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