Joel,
We are in the same
situation here at our location. We have Flint east about 55 miles,
Lansing south about 50 miles, Grand Rapids Southwest about 70 miles
and Cadillac/Traverse city Northwest about 80 miles. Without
exaggeration nearly every O.T.A. antenna within 30 miles of
our location is a Winegard MS
2000 omnidirectional TV
antenna.
Denny
Denny,
I tried plugging in each antennas one at a time, and I
got the reception I expected. I've been talking with Ken at
hdtvprimer.com, and we've come up with a couple things to
try. I'll let you know how it works
out.
Sounds great!
Denny,
I finally got a good compromise by trying different
combinations of antenna direction and different ways to connect
twin lead. It's not perfect, and I couldn't recommend it to
anyone else simple because of the time I spent on it. I
learned a lot, and I found some interesting things, like the lowest
of the 3 antennas I have pointed towards Indy, the farthest
stations. I found flat wire still performed the best, and I
never did try a combiner because I didn't want the signal loss, and
I'm pretty well burnt out on the project. I did try a 4th TV
antenna to see if I could get it to match better, but it
didn't help much. Supposedly reflections will only be
canceled if the antennas are in the same RF field, and if they are
pointed in different directions they'll be in different fields, and
that's what I found. If I ever have to use multiple antennas,
I'll try a combiner first because it provided antenna separation,
and hope there isn't too much signal
loss.
I was also looking
around on your website, and by the UHF only antennas you have a
section talking about the final destination of digital
channels. The second round elections have been
published. You have a link to the first round. There's
some channels going back to VHF for the first time in my area,
so it wouldn't hurt to update that link.
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf Thanks again for your help.
Joel
Joel,
Thanks for letting me know your results. I glad you found a
compromise to the situation. Working with multiple TV
antennas in different direction can be a real pain in the butt.
I guess that's why they invented the TV antenna rotor. What works
at one location with particular antennas doesn't
necessarily work at another.
I appreciate the new link I will put it in when I publish the
site next.
Denny
SharpShooter indoor TV antenna for Chicago
Hi,
I'm wondering if your customers have had any experience with
the SS-3300 TV antenna in the Chicago area. I live
in Oak Park, between 8 and 9 miles from the transmitter
locations (2 at 88 and 98 degrees) for all of the
city's stations. I'm currently using an amplified RCA
loop+rabbit ears, effectively only the loop, to get all the
UHF DT stations. I'm unable to get a consistent usable
signal from WBBM, SD 2, DT 3. I've tried the Terk TV5, TV55,
and HDTV antennas and they all behave pretty much the same.
With the HDTVa and the RCA I was able to get channel 3
by spreading the rabbit ears fully horizontally on the floor
in the middle of the room, but even that only worked for a couple
of nights, probably a function of atmospheric conditions, or
perhaps some local interference. The Terk TV5 gave
nothing, and the TV55 was almost as bad. By walking around
the room I was able to get a weak signal, but
nothing I could really use. And there's no way an TV antenna
could stay in the middle of the room anyway. All of the
antennas have given pretty much the same performance on UHF
although the TV5 did pick up an additional station in Indiana
(I know it's the only 'almost
omni-directional' one in the bunch). I get occasional
pixelation and dropout, but it's basically usable.
My question:
What are the chances the SS-3300 will do the job for me? I
know that in 2 1/2 years things will change, but that's a long
time! At that time stations will be in the VHF band, but on
channels 7 and 11, so if the antenna works for channel 3,
it will certainly be OK in the long run as well. I know you offer a
100% satisfaction guarantee, and I'm willing to take you up on it
if you think there's any realistic chance of success.
I know the guarantee excludes shipping, but I can't tell from
your "Final Price" what that would be.
Thanks for any information you might have,
Howard
Greetings Howard,
We have had one customer purchase theWinegard SS 3000
indoor TV antenna (new stock #
same antenna) for use at a location approximately 20 miles south of
Chicago. Unfortunately we have had no feedback on his purchase. The
order was placed nearly 4 months ago so I would assume it's doing
alright. Out of dozens sold we have had one return from near
Washington DC. The TV antenna was being used for analog reception
in a brick constructed condominium complex. What makes the SS 3000
outperform other antennas is its ability to reduce or eliminate
multipath interference, which many times, but not always is the
cause of pixelation and dropout. I wish I could help you further
with you decision. In the event you would need to take advantage of
our guarantee the shipping cost to return the antenna is less than
$10.00 by U.S. mail.
If you should decide to try the antenna please inform us of the
results so we may help others in your area.
Best Regards,
Denny
Denny,
Thanks for the
reply. I'm going to order one shortly using your website.
Howard
Tripod TV antenna mount
Hi
Denny,
I would like to use a
tripod for my tv antenna mount but I'm a little skeptical about
putting anything on my roof. Do you have any advice, what's your
experience?
I understand your
concern, tripod TV antenna mounts have received a bad
reputation because of improper installation procedures. See installing a TV antenna
tripod. Have you considered an eave
mount? Denny
