Do you use HDTV digital outdoor antenna?

antenna with power will help boost to receive to keep the display without "noise" digital
 
i use an amplifier on my antenna. dont watch enuff tv to want to pay for cable . the HD pics come in greatfor local channels
 
Well, the people who I was helping with the antenna situation went ahead with another person's "expert" opinion. They bought an outside antenna (provided by the "expert"), installed it on a pole, and hooked it up to the TV. It gets only four VHF channels. They asked me to check it out. I did. It's a VHF antenna only. Bleh! It was NOT the antenna I recommended. Apparently, they trusted the opinion of the "expert" over the opinion of little old granny lady me. Ha! I tested their TV with my cheap VHF/UHF indoor rabbit ears and was able to pick up seven more channels. If they had followed my advice they would have 11 channels instead of four. Oh, well.
 
Reba said:
Well, the people who I was helping with the antenna situation went ahead with another person's "expert" opinion. They bought an outside antenna (provided by the "expert"), installed it on a pole, and hooked it up to the TV. It gets only four VHF channels. They asked me to check it out. I did. It's a VHF antenna only. Bleh! It was NOT the antenna I recommended. Apparently, they trusted the opinion of the "expert" over the opinion of little old granny lady me. Ha! I tested their TV with my cheap VHF/UHF indoor rabbit ears and was able to pick up seven more channels. If they had followed my advice they would have 11 channels instead of four. Oh, well.
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So much for trying to help them out, eh? I know the feeling.
 
DDU said:
i use an amplifier on my antenna. dont watch enuff tv to want to pay for cable . the HD pics come in greatfor local channels
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Did you notice a big difference between amplified and not?
 
I just checked online to see what I can get out in the desert. Only 4 and that is on the low side.

Which is better -a roof mounted antenna or an antenna on top of a long pole? How would you adjusted it after a bad storm or something like that?
 
my main is hooked with the outside antenna and it does have 22 channels.
my office TV have all 22 channels with powered indoor digital antenna.
 
It depends on how high the antenna stands above the ground. If it is high as 200 feet, you could get more than 15 channels. It depends on how many cities and towns are around your location.

You can fill in some information such as address, height of your antenna and etc in this cool website: TV Fool and you will get results of how many channels you will receive.
 
Royale said:
...You can fill in some information such as address, height of your antenna and etc in this cool website: TV Fool and you will get results of how many channels you will receive.
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Yes, I did that. The 11 channels we got are pretty much the limit for our area.
 
Royale said:
How longis your TV antenna?
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I meant that the 11 channels that we got are the same ones that the website showed as being available for this location.

We tried an outdoor pole-mount (I'm not sure, maybe 12 ft.), and indoor rabbit ears.

It's not our equipment, so we are limited to what we can do. The owners don't want to install more poles or spend more money.

For my own curiosity, I was considering adding an antenna of some sort to catch the few channels that our cable company doesn't provide, and for backup if the system goes down. (I have a battery-operated small TV for use during power outages.)
 
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