[mythtv-users] Antenna wiring question

david.scott.day at gmail.com david.scott.day at gmail.com
Mon Nov 11 22:38:43 UTC 2013


On Mon, 11 Nov 2013, Leif Pihl wrote:

> I've not read all the messages in response to your initial inquiry. 
> I do gather that you seem to have an already existing antenna in the attic from the days of analog NTSC. 
> Most of those antennas had two portions, one for the 2 to 12 channel frequencies, and one for the set going up numerically from there. 
> (Yea, yea, it's the old UHF versus VHF, and I can never keep them straight.) 
> _IF_ the manufacturer of your antenna skimped on the higher channel numbered set, _THEN_ be aware that you may be better of by just plain building a home-brew antenna. 
> I did so, in a bit of a rush, but even my semi-slap-dash version works rather well. 
> True, most of the towers I'm aiming for are at the 9-mile range, but if you take better care to do a good job than I did, you should be able to increase those received dB of gain. 
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> I Googled this web site:   http://www.tvantennaplans.com/   and it looks familiar.  
> This may be what I built, except I cheated and used only one piece of cardboard for the entire back, not two pieces.  
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> Try that, and good luck.  
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> later,      LP
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> On Nov 8, 2013, at 3:21 PM, Stefan Jones wrote:
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> > After my Comcast bill went up $29 in one month, I decided to start exploring alternatives.
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> > I am wondering if all the TVs in my house (and my Myth box's DTV tuner cards) could share the same antenna. Please let me know what you think.
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> > All of the major rooms in my house have coax. (And Cat6 for that matter.) The coax leads to a closet off of the garage on the ground floor. Right now a couple of splitters are used to distribute Comcast's signals to the cable modem (located in the closet) and the other rooms.
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> > I'm thinking of:
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> > While I still have it, locate my HDHR Cable Card receiver in the closet. The house router for the Ethernet is right there. I just need to plug it into coax and Ethernet.
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> > Connect an indoor antenna to the coax outlet in my front bedroom. I have a clear shot at the local TV towers from the window.
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> > Connect the other end of the front bedroom cable to the "IN" of the splitter that used to send Cable TV around the house. Theoretically, this would let the other four or five coax outlets get a signal from the antenna.
> > 
> > So. Reality check needed. Will this work? Would the signal attentuate too much?
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Hi!

Check out the Gray Hoverman antenna discussion and plans in various
threads here:

http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=81982

I built one and put it in my attic and it has served us well for years.
I am 20+ miles from the TV station antennas and get about 20 channels, 
all quite well.  It did take a preamp but that was only about $45.

We supplement that with Netflix/Amazon streaming and the internet
for sports.

Cheers,
Dave




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