[TriLUG] [OT] HD Antenna suggestions, was: TV Tuner Card suggestion

[Jon Fraley]

I bought this Channel Master CM3418 Distribution Amplifier (CM3418).  I
now split it to six TVs.  I have not seen any noticeable loss of signal.
One TV is on about a 60 ft run from the amplifier.

Jon

On Thu, 2009-01-08 at 09:09 -0500, Steve Litt wrote:
> How do you split the signal between different TVs (or do you have only one?). 
> From what I hear, splitting lowers the signal by 3db each split, or something 
> like that, and it requires special hardware.
> 
> If I had only 1 TV, I'd love to have an external antenna!
> 
> SteveT
> 
> On Wednesday 07 January 2009 11:57:31 am Jon Fraley wrote:
> > I bought an amplified rabbit eared antenna from Wal-mart a while back,
> > it worked somewhat better than just plane old rabbit ears.  I have since
> > mounted a rooftop antenna and are very pleased with the results.  I get
> > over 40 channels OTA.  Granted alot of them are redundant (3 CBS, 2 Fox,
> > 3 NBC, 3 different sets of PBS and more weather than I will ever need)
> > and I have to reposition the antenna to get some.
> >
> > Jon
> >
> > On Wed, 2009-01-07 at 09:53 -0500, Brian Henning wrote:
> > > Hi gang,
> > >
> > > Thought I'd hijack this thread to see if anyone might have advice on HD
> > > antennas.  I just got the converter box (I have an old analog-only TV
> > > right now, and dropped TWC a few months ago when they wouldn't let me go
> > > straight from one promo deal to another) and I've been trying different
> > > antennas and have had somewhat surprising results.  Note: low-profile is
> > > a requirement; I don't have room for something I can't mount on the
> > > wall.
> > >
> > > First I tried a $20 passive antenna.  Looks cheap, but scanning found
> > > about 12 channels (though I can't actually watch all of them; I get
> > > weak- or no-signal messages on all the NBC channels, and most channels
> > > suffer frequent dropouts).
> > >
> > > Then I tried a $100 "smart" antenna.  It works WAY WORSE than the $20
> > > contraption; I can only pull in PBS with that thing.  Granted I was
> > > testing during the icky weather last night, but I was
> > > half-expecting/hoping that the $100 guy would always outperform the $20
> > > guy.  Caveat emptor.
> > >
> > > So next I'm thinking about trying a $60 amped not-smart antenna.  Should
> > > I bother?  It seems my reception (in a ground-floor apartment near
> > > Southpoint) is poor all around, but even with a low SNR, more amplitude
> > > still means more signal, right?...  until you start to overwhelm the
> > > receiver, but one amped antenna shouldn't do that...
> > >
> > > All suggestions welcome.
> > >
> > > Thanks a lot!
> > > ~Brian
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
> > > Behalf Of OlsonE at aosa.army.mil
> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 9:38 AM
> > > To: trilug at trilug.org
> > > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] TV Tuner Card suggestion [may be OT]
> > >
> > > LOL! C-SPAN would be the last channel on my list I'd pay for!
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
> > > Behalf Of Tanner Lovelace
> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 9:36 AM
> > > To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
> > > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] TV Tuner Card suggestion [may be OT]
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 7:55 AM, Josh Vickery <josh at vickeryj.com> wrote:
> > > > If you have Timer Warner Durham, I find this list to be wonderfully
> > >
> > > helpful:
> > > > http://home1.gte.net/res18h39/channels.htm
> > > >
> > > > as Time Warner seems to like to change their channel assignments.
> > >
> > > I wonder why, out of all the possible channels, it lists C-SPAN  as
> > > "(encrypted)".  I would have thought that would be one of the first
> > > ones to leave unencrypted.  I guess they just can't have people
> > > watching their government without paying for it!
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Tanner
> > >
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