After our local cable company had a “you want too much money, screw you” conversation with CBS and the cable version of CBS went dark, I figured we should have an antenna. (CBS was back on in 24 hours.)
I found this one on Amazon and it finally got installed in our garage. We’re in a pretty hilly area and this thing rocks. And I like that it rotates.
It pulls in all the local stations, digital VHS and UHF, as well as a bunch of stations from Mexico. And it’s just in the garage. I can’t imagine how much we’d get if it was on the roof.
This is a highly directional design which makes it great at pulling in signals from a long way away (your being on a hill helps too), which is why it also needs to be able to rotate to aim at the transmitter you want to tune in.
I put one of these in my attic and wired it to all the coax in the house. I get perfect reception on all the channels around here with no worries about standing in the wrong place and blocking the signal to an individual tv’s antenna. And it’s cheaper than any antenna available locally. (I bought it from Best Buy but they have gone up by almost 50% on the price, it’s still less than $25 though).
This one is directional, but not highly directional. If your transmitters are in many different directions you may do better with one that rotates. Here, all the tv transmitters are northwest of me and close together.
see … now that is why you make me smile!!! I think you and my husband would have some interesting conversations…
@cranky1950 Do you have a coat hangar? Try that first- you may get more channels with that.
@dashcloud with tin foil??? ( am I showing my age again?? )
@dashcloud No unfurtunately, they’re all plastic
After our local cable company had a “you want too much money, screw you” conversation with CBS and the cable version of CBS went dark, I figured we should have an antenna. (CBS was back on in 24 hours.)
I found this one on Amazon and it finally got installed in our garage. We’re in a pretty hilly area and this thing rocks. And I like that it rotates.
It pulls in all the local stations, digital VHS and UHF, as well as a bunch of stations from Mexico. And it’s just in the garage. I can’t imagine how much we’d get if it was on the roof.
@lisaviolet Looks awesome! Like a TV death ray!
This is a highly directional design which makes it great at pulling in signals from a long way away (your being on a hill helps too), which is why it also needs to be able to rotate to aim at the transmitter you want to tune in.
I put one of these in my attic and wired it to all the coax in the house. I get perfect reception on all the channels around here with no worries about standing in the wrong place and blocking the signal to an individual tv’s antenna. And it’s cheaper than any antenna available locally. (I bought it from Best Buy but they have gone up by almost 50% on the price, it’s still less than $25 though).
This one is directional, but not highly directional. If your transmitters are in many different directions you may do better with one that rotates. Here, all the tv transmitters are northwest of me and close together.
Hey thanks, I forgot about foil, taped some to the paper clip and got 10 more channels
@cranky1950
/giphy victory screech
@cranky1950 Gee, I hope you didn’t ruin your tinfoil hat.
@Barney can’t answer that opsec and all that
/giphy all these channels still nothing to watch
/giphy changing channels
@djslack the tv isn’t for watching, it’s kind of a Warholian object d’art
@cranky1950 If I could set it to scan, it would save a lot of batteries an worn out buttons
Get tv has a Mac Davis with Donna Summer and Dolly before the 80lbs of silicone and the Joker makeup.
You’re cranky.