<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 12:06 AM, Tom Flair <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tom@graniteskies.net">tom@graniteskies.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I've had a few issues recently with my OTA recordings from my HD Homerun showing some distortion and breaking up entirely on a few stations. Since I've recently moved from an apartment to a house, I thought it might be a good idea to upgrade my cheap, powered antenna with a DIY antenna. (<a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/01/maker_workshop_dtv_antenna_steadyca.html" target="_blank">http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/01/maker_workshop_dtv_antenna_steadyca.html</a> is the guide I followed) I'm hoping this will cure the signal issues.<br>
<br></blockquote></div><br>You may want to have a look at another DIY antenna for this application. The Gray Hoverman antennas which were recently updated for the OTA DTV changes on <a href="http://digitalhome.ca">digitalhome.ca</a> are extremely good anntennas. See <a href="http://www.digitalhome.ca/ota/superantenna/">http://www.digitalhome.ca/ota/superantenna/</a><br>
<br>The <a href="http://digitalhome.ca">digitalhome.ca</a> site also has many other DIY antenna designs.<br><br>If you do decide to build a GH variant, the things to keep in mind are that there are many versions adnthat you should select 1 that will fit in your attic and the through the attic door.<br>
<br>Dennis<br><br>-- <br>“The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There’s also a negative side. ”<br><br>Hunter S. Thompson, US journalist (1939 – 2005)<br>
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