Right. And that's 75 Ohm, not 750 hm (whatever an hm would be!). :) Eric Cope wrote: > Two important things > 1) Where are you located? Many TV channels broadcast from South Mountain > (east side). If you have a directional antenna, make sure its pointed in > the correct direction. > 2) Make sure you are using the correect cable. Improper matching will > kill you signal. If your antenna requires 75Ohm, use 75Ohm, etc. > > Eric > > On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Eric Shubert <e...@shubes.net > <mailto:e...@shubes.net>> wrote: > > Josef Lowder wrote: > > What is the best antenna for getting Phoenix area TV channels? > > > > I gave up cable years ago (too much money for too little worth > > watching). Tried dish and it was no better. For a long time, we > were > > getting excellent reception from a simple $4.95 top-of-set antenna, > > even when we got a new Vizio HD TV a year ago. > > > > But recently, the signal for some channels ... especially channel 15 > > ... has become unreliable. Sometimes the signal breaks up and > > sometimes it goes away entirely. > > > > So, I purchased a $50 Philips outdoor antenna and mounted it on a > > 15-foot tall pole outside. It gets even worse reception than my > little > > old $4.95 indoor top-of-set antenna. I've tried moving it to several > > different locations and tried rotating it to every degree of > > 360-degrees with no success. > > > > So what would the collective PLUG intelligence recommend? > > Why do you presume it's the antenna? I'd bet it's the wiring you're > using. RG6 is best, preferably quad shield, although some dual shield is > impressive. RG59 won't deliver digital signals effectively, only > analog. You might find that your set top antenna works fine with RG6 > cable. The antenna simply needs to receive traditional VHF and UHF > frequencies (channels 8,10,12 are back in the VHF spectrum now). > > -- > -Eric 'shubes' > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > <mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > -- > Eric Cope > http://cope-et-al.com >
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