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Originally Posted by RaRaLew
Hi,
I probably should have mentioned this before, but I don't have, nor do I intend to have cable or satellite TV. I use a converter box (TIVAX STB-8) and need a VHF/UHF antenna.
These are the three stations I watch/watched regularly:
WLVI-DT 56.1 CW CAMBRIDGE, MA 305° 10.7 41
WSBK-DT 38.1 IND BOSTON, MA 305° 11.7 39
WGBX-DT 44.1 PBS BOSTON, MA 305° 11.7 43 (already lost this one even with converter box)
I tried TVFool.com using my street address with 9-digit postal code. Here is the link for my TV Signal Analysis Results from TVFool when I asked for "Post-Transition - All Channels":[/i]
TV Fool
It looks like it tells a different story. Maybe it's the "Post-Transition" factor in TVFool?
Thank you so much,
Stephanie |
Stephanie, first my pleasure. Antennas have been my hobby and sold and installed them (not TV antennas but commercial 2way) about my whole life from first 41 meter shortwave long wire when I was a kid.
Antennaweb.org is wrong. Look at it this way. Its commercial, and very conservative to sell more antennas. They paid someone to set up the site, that ties into the
FCC database which is not some much full of errors but they have trouble keeping it up to date. They paid someone a few years ago to built the site, and it just sits there and runs without input unless the
FCC database changes. It was also built before a lot of stations were on the air reception issues learned.
TVFool.com is run by Andy Lee. He hangs out in his own "Official TVFool Thread" at AVS forum.
Official TV Fool forum - AVS Forum He goes by andy.s.lee over there. He takes input from members if they find something wrong and he does his best to fix it. So though not perfect, it is a living breathing project run by a living breathing human and with updates as he has time. You can read a lot about TVFool in the above thread. You can report errors in that thread. That should be enough said why TVFool.com hands down wins.
On another aside he also have FMFool.com with it you can tell if yo need an FM trap on your system to watch CH 7-13. If you live within 5 miles of an FM station, you probably need the trap. You have a low power FM right in the neighborhood but it's very low power. Also WGBH-FM is actually in Quincy, not Boston. I think and hope for you, that WHDH on RF CH 7 is so strong you won't need an FM Trap.
Your three favorite stations are all actually on UHF and will stay UHF post transition.
WLVI-DT RF41 (means it's really on CH41 though the dial reads 56)
WSBK-DT RF39
WGBX-DT RF43
Since all of your stations are in one direction, strong (to an outdoor or attic antenna) the best thing to do is put up an VHF/UHF antenna so you can watch NBC if you want. You won't save any money excluding VHF from the system.
You don't need a rotor, you don't even want to think about a pre-amp. A good antenna outside would drive 4 TVs with splitters.
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Now is just depends on what type of mounting you want to do, could determine which antenna to choose. And do you need to feed more than one TV.
Do you want to put the antenna:
1) Attic
2) Pole mounted to the side of the house
3) J-pole mount bolted to the side of your house.
A J-pole is the same thing you see satelittle dishes mounted on the sides of house. If you use an outdoor j-pole, it would need to be on the west side of the house. If you are close to the neighbors house, the pole below might be better.
Pole mounted to the house means one that goes from the ground, up bolted to the side of the house then above it for the antenna.
Attic means literally in the attic. It can be hung with sting from the rafters or a short pole (like a short j-pole) can be mounted to the bottom boards.
Think about your mounting options now and then we can move to the next step.
Maybe I'm looking for problems that don't exist?
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