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[QUOTE=&quot;Gordon, post: 103916, member: 18393&quot;]Hi everyone!I live in Orlando and can get excellent DTV reception with an amplified indoor antenna. My parents recently moved within Ocala, FL and I want them to also get OTA. <a href="http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&amp;Itemid=29&amp;q=id%3d1dda90eb31029d">Here is their TV Fool link</a>. The problem I am having is that the house they moved from (~1/4 mile away) was able to easily get at least 10 channels, while their new house only gets one. Their current setup is a LAVA HD-2605 ULTRA Outdoor TV Antenna mounted upside down in their lanai with ~30' of RG6 going directly to the antenna's control box (provides power to the antenna's motor and has a gain), and then to the TV. We initially wanted to install in in the attic, but after reading about the foil radiant barrier blocking signal, we decided against it. Additionally, the community where they live prohibits roof-mounted antennas. We can get WOGX-DT (51.1) even without the antenna, while some others (WESH [2.1], WCJB-DT [20.1] come in sometimes and the rest not at all. I found that when I handheld the antenna indoors, it was easier to find a consistent signal, despite being indoors and lower.Is there anything that you would recommend to improve my signal? Is the lanai acting as a Faraday cage and blocking the signals? I would be happy with 5 good channels (ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, PBS). Should I add a preamp?[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="Gordon, post: 103916, member: 18393"]Hi everyone! I live in Orlando and can get excellent DTV reception with an amplified indoor antenna. My parents recently moved within Ocala, FL and I want them to also get OTA. [URL="http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29&q=id%3d1dda90eb31029d"]Here is their TV Fool link[/URL]. The problem I am having is that the house they moved from (~1/4 mile away) was able to easily get at least 10 channels, while their new house only gets one. Their current setup is a LAVA HD-2605 ULTRA Outdoor TV Antenna mounted upside down in their lanai with ~30' of RG6 going directly to the antenna's control box (provides power to the antenna's motor and has a gain), and then to the TV. We initially wanted to install in in the attic, but after reading about the foil radiant barrier blocking signal, we decided against it. Additionally, the community where they live prohibits roof-mounted antennas. We can get WOGX-DT (51.1) even without the antenna, while some others (WESH [2.1], WCJB-DT [20.1] come in sometimes and the rest not at all. I found that when I handheld the antenna indoors, it was easier to find a consistent signal, despite being indoors and lower. Is there anything that you would recommend to improve my signal? Is the lanai acting as a Faraday cage and blocking the signals? I would be happy with 5 good channels (ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, PBS). Should I add a preamp?[/QUOTE]

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