HDTV Antennaa?

Tundra · 02-08-2015, 06:37 PM

Does anyone have any experience with HDTV Antenna in the area, particularly in the meredith area? How is the reception, how many channels? Which channels? What antenna do you use (brand and model)? How many miles is your antenna rated for? I'm thinking about trying one, looking for advice, thanks!

Slickcraft · 02-08-2015, 07:14 PM

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Airedale1 · 02-08-2015, 07:21 PM

Check out this product:

http://www.amazon.com/Mohu-Leaf-Ampl...words=Mohu+lea

And I believe they have a search mode on their site that allows you to just enter your location and they will tell you what channels you should be able to get.

Rusty · 02-08-2015, 09:07 PM

Thanks Airedale1, that is neat!

Once you put in your zip code it takes you to a map showing your location and then you can put the push pin exactly on your location. Then it will tell you how many channels you get. I get a few weak channels.

rick35 · 02-08-2015, 09:18 PM

I installed a new antenna from Lowes back when all the stations went to digital. Reception on South Bear was terrible. I even tried two different digital converters. I think I only received 9 and 11. I fully expected terrible reception remembering back to the huge bedspring antenna my dad put on the roof to watch the Bruins back in the Bobby Orr days. Reception was so fuzzy you sometimes couldn't see the puck. And we were going to get uhf in Meredith when they went to digital? I signed on with Directv.

mbr · 02-14-2015, 01:42 PM

I made the antenna in this link with materials I had around the house. The only thing I had to buy were some small fender washers.
http://www.instructables.com/id/HDTV...re-and-duct-t/
I'm in Center Harbor. I put it in an upstairs window facing SE and get 14 digital channels from Portland. Other directions were not anywhere near as good.

Tundra · 02-21-2015, 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mbr

I made the antenna in this link with materials I had around the house. The only thing I had to buy were some small fender washers.
http://www.instructables.com/id/HDTV...re-and-duct-t/
I'm in Center Harbor. I put it in an upstairs window facing SE and get 14 digital channels from Portland. Other directions were not anywhere near as good.

14 channels from a home made antenna, WOW! Thanks for the link.

mbr · 02-21-2015, 05:26 PM

If you build it, let us know how it works in your area.

Sunbeam lodge · 02-21-2015, 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Airedale1

Check out this product:

http://www.amazon.com/Mohu-Leaf-Ampl...words=Mohu+lea

And I believe they have a search mode on their site that allows you to just enter your location and they will tell you what channels you should be able to get.

I checked for channels in Meredith 03253 and the answer was 0.

Rusty · 02-21-2015, 07:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mbr

I made the antenna in this link with materials I had around the house. The only thing I had to buy were some small fender washers.
http://www.instructables.com/id/HDTV...re-and-duct-t/
I'm in Center Harbor. I put it in an upstairs window facing SE and get 14 digital channels from Portland. Other directions were not anywhere near as good.

Portland has 14 channels?

Music Man · 02-21-2015, 09:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rick35

... the Bruins back in the Bobby Orr days.....

Totally off topic, but that reminds me of some graffiti I saw back in college: someone wrote "Jesus Saves!" in big letters, and underneath someone else wrote "but Orr scores on the rebound!"

mbr · 02-21-2015, 10:26 PM

Some were sd and hd versions of the same channel and several were PBS, so I guess they're not 14 different channels.

mbr · 03-01-2015, 11:59 AM

BTW, HBO is planning to make HBO-GO available without a cable or satellite tv subscription. The rumors are by April/2015 to coincide with Game Of Thrones new season. How much it will cost hasn't been revealed.

02-08-2015, 06:37 PM	#1
Tundra Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 11 Thanks: 9 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	HDTV Antennaa? Does anyone have any experience with HDTV Antenna in the area, particularly in the meredith area? How is the reception, how many channels? Which channels? What antenna do you use (brand and model)? How many miles is your antenna rated for? I'm thinking about trying one, looking for advice, thanks!

02-08-2015, 07:21 PM	#3
Airedale1 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Laconia Posts: 595 Thanks: 557 Thanked 1,569 Times in 274 Posts	Check out this product: http://www.amazon.com/Mohu-Leaf-Ampl...words=Mohu+lea And I believe they have a search mode on their site that allows you to just enter your location and they will tell you what channels you should be able to get. __________________ "The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit." Nelson Henderson (1865-1943)

02-08-2015, 09:07 PM	#4
Rusty Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,028 Thanks: 603 Thanked 687 Times in 425 Posts	Thanks Airedale1, that is neat! Once you put in your zip code it takes you to a map showing your location and then you can put the push pin exactly on your location. Then it will tell you how many channels you get. I get a few weak channels. __________________ It's never crowded along the extra mile.

02-08-2015, 07:14 PM	#2
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rick35 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Bear Island/Merrimack Posts: 807 Thanks: 58 Thanked 203 Times in 130 Posts	I installed a new antenna from Lowes back when all the stations went to digital. Reception on South Bear was terrible. I even tried two different digital converters. I think I only received 9 and 11. I fully expected terrible reception remembering back to the huge bedspring antenna my dad put on the roof to watch the Bruins back in the Bobby Orr days. Reception was so fuzzy you sometimes couldn't see the puck. And we were going to get uhf in Meredith when they went to digital? I signed on with Directv.

02-14-2015, 01:42 PM	#6
mbr Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Center Harbor Posts: 33 Thanks: 4 Thanked 20 Times in 6 Posts	I made the antenna in this link with materials I had around the house. The only thing I had to buy were some small fender washers. http://www.instructables.com/id/HDTV...re-and-duct-t/ I'm in Center Harbor. I put it in an upstairs window facing SE and get 14 digital channels from Portland. Other directions were not anywhere near as good.

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02-21-2015, 10:26 PM	#12
mbr Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Center Harbor Posts: 33 Thanks: 4 Thanked 20 Times in 6 Posts	Some were sd and hd versions of the same channel and several were PBS, so I guess they're not 14 different channels.

03-01-2015, 11:59 AM	#13
mbr Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Center Harbor Posts: 33 Thanks: 4 Thanked 20 Times in 6 Posts	BTW, HBO is planning to make HBO-GO available without a cable or satellite tv subscription. The rumors are by April/2015 to coincide with Game Of Thrones new season. How much it will cost hasn't been revealed.