[mythtv-users] Antenna wiring question

[Roger Heflin]

Depending on how far you are from the stations and what type of
antenna you use you may need an amplifier to get enough signal, the
more splitting you do the more the signal gets reduced, if you are
really close a simple uni-directional powered antenna may be enough,
if you are further away outside antennas are much much better.

I have my outside antenna with an amp and powered splitter going to
around 8-12 devices (combination of TV's and tuner cards).

On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Stefan Jones <stefan_jones at comcast.net> wrote:
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> From: "Stephen P. Villano" <stephen.p.villano at gmail.com>
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Sent: Friday, November 8, 2013 1:25:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Antenna wiring question
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> On 11/8/13 4:21 PM, Stefan Jones wrote:
>> After my Comcast bill went up $29 in one month, I decided to start
>> exploring alternatives.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> I'm thinking of:
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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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> The HDHR Prime model won't get ATSC (over the air). It only can get
> cable channels.
> The rest sounds doable, depending on signal strength
>
>
> The HDHR would remain attached to Comcast's network. My sole remaining
> device, if I can help it. I'd rather build or buy tiny front ends for my TVs
> than pay Comcast for STBs.
>
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