Does any one have a good long range outdoor TV antenna suggestion? I am looking at getting another antenna for my place near Victoria. I am about 34 miles north east from the tower in Victoria. Right now, my target would be Victoria, but I may would try Houston sometime also to see how that works. Thanks in advance!
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UHF Long range antenna suggestions?
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I would suggest the "ANTENNACRAFT 85 Boom HBU Series Antenna for UHF and High-Band VHF" HBU33 antenna (see Amazon). I have a similar design Antennacraft-made antenna (especially the UHF driven element part) am a good 35 miles from the Cedar Hill towers, and get all the full power stations 98-100%.
.As long as you're not down in a hole or obstructed somehow it should work fine. 20 ft is about as high as mine. Your elevation has a lot to do with it as well as obstructions. First place I tried on my house was too much multipath, constant signal fluctuations and dropouts. Moved antenna about 40 ft to the garage where it got perfect reception, then ran RG-6 to the house through some PVC pipe buried in the yard. Took a bit of doing.
I think it should do fine, I have a Winegard HD7080P up 20' now, and have 3 TV's on it and it picks the signal up about 50% on all the TV's. I'm trying to figure out now wheres the best place to buy a cable? I need at least 75' (I want to be safe about it and get that much) I think amazon is pretty cheap, but I may head down to walmart and see what they have in stock.
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I'm using that same Antennacraft antenna, and the absolute closest transmitter to me is 43 miles. It does a fine job at that distance, and I can pull in stuff as far away as 70 miles when the leaves are off the trees. Currently my antenna is at around 35' and has a rotator so I can swing around and pick up stuff in different directions.
Oh and for the cable, order some decent Belden or the like. The stuff Wal-Mart sells is just Chinese made junk labeled RCA. The outer shield on it has so few strands that when you try to strip it with a coax stripper it will usually cut through the shielding too. I've not found too many local sources anymore for good coax. I usually have to order it.
Oh and for the cable, order some decent Belden or the like. The stuff Wal-Mart sells is just Chinese made junk labeled RCA. The outer shield on it has so few strands that when you try to strip it with a coax stripper it will usually cut through the shielding too. I've not found too many local sources anymore for good coax. I usually have to order it.
Yep go for the good quality coax cable. When I ran my 65 ft run from the garage to the house I found a seller on Amazon selling RG6 Belden quad shield with compression type F connectors installed in custom lengths for a very reasonable price.
If what you have works, great, you'll save time and money. If needing a new piece look on Amazon or ebay for Belden RG6 quad shield. Have fun with your new antenna. When you get it set up be sure to report back on it's performance.
Well I put up the antenna this morning, it does pretty good. I decided to run it over to the third TV, and then use the main antenna for both of the TV's in the old part. When the weather gets cooler I will run a new cord over to the new part, that way hopefully it will be able to pull in the HD channels OK. It does pretty decent right now the way it is hooked up.
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