Besides ant. & mounting post, what else should I get to insure success with project. I'm 50-60 mi fm town Currently have satellite wire thru out 4 TV'
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It's hard to tell not knowing how or where you are setting your antenna up at. I put my antenna in the attic, just needed to splice into the existing antenna cable in the attic, I purchased RF connectors at Walmart, I also added an additional RF output above my fireplace, so I needed an RF HD split-er and some RF HD Cable. Depending on if you have some distance between your antenna and your junction box (place where all your tv cables meet-up, you can add an RF amplifier. Good Luck
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I actually have 2 antennas in my attic, if you want to hook up to more than one tv, get a signal booster.
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We had to get a booster box. We mounted the antenna and booster box in our attic. The farther away from the TV's the number of stations were fewer. It solved everything when we got a booster box.
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Ron, there are websites like tv fool dot com to help you locate towers close to you. Just do a Google search. Do a scan with your tv before you head out and buy a booster. You may not need one. Where I am, I can pick up 20 channels including Buffalo and Toronto without a booster. And you can receive signals up to 75 miles with the DB8e. It's an awesome antenna.
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Well - this antenna won't help you at all. For AM reception a "long wire" style antenna is preferred. Simply try and string up as long as piece of wire as you can with the wire parallel to the station you want to pick up. Generally 20-30 feet of speaker type wire "unzipped" to make a single strand...buy 15 feet of wire, unzip it, twist the wires together in the middle and you have a 30' piece. Hook one end to the AM antenna jack on your receiver and try to get the remaining wire up as high and as straight as you can. But don't go nuts...I've run the wire out a window and along the eaves just under the house and its worked great. And you can't beat the price! Good luck!
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I would recommend the Kaito KA-33 indoor shortwave active loop from CCrane Co. There are many outdoor antennas available including do-it-yourself projects but lightning arrestors and proper gronding come into play.
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I would get an antenna that you can string outdoors and then come into through a window with it.I did get some shortwave by just stringing the supplied wire antenna inside the house.
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To whom it may benefit. One needs a RG59U coaxial cable for hook up. You can get a antenna pole at Radio Shack and guy wire for tie downs. At Radio Shack get a in line ground block for a grounding pipe-copper stake. Remember, the higher the antenna obviously more stations you'll get. Yours Truly, Gary
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Trial and error would be your best bet. If you have a previous cable provider you can connect the antenna in to the input and send the signal throughout your home of course that would mean mounting it outside. I did this and it worked great.
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If its on your roof use one like the one I ordered here HDTV Antenna Mount - 20in If you want it on a pole I would either put 1" metal outdoor conduit pole plumb in ground and either put a bag of sack crete around it or do what I seen someone do put it in a 5 gal bucket and pour sackcrete in around it.
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My brother is a radio guy. We used a meter with no issues. Of course, I used a metal mount and a flat braided ground wire. The antenna(Firestick) is 50% above the roof of my jeep.
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I run 60' from my antenna to my home all buried in a pvc waterproof tubing. Any plastic tubing such as this will work and is reasonable in cost. The tubing also protects from mice which can eat it.
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All good information except never tape the cable to the mast you need to run 4" stand offs, they are available anywhere that sells antenna equipment. Also keep the cable away from metal gutters etc..
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I agree with the other replies. You will need something much stronger for a good signal..
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Either you get a post or you mount antenna to wall with lag bolts through the holes in the center of antenna where to u bolt would go
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I noticed that some folks suggested using PVC or at least a PVC adapting sleeve to complete the connection.THAT"S A NO-NO!All antennas, including satellite dishes, need to be grounded to drain off static electricity. The PVC insulates one part from the other, thereby breaking the ground path.You are running a ground wire, aren't you?
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i used a 1" electrical tubing from the home depot, which is 1 1/8" od. you can also use a 1 1/4" electrical conduit, this pipe is 1 3/8" od. these pipes are a thin galvanized metal which i am sure will out last the antenna.
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You need a 30 inch dish (Minimum) and a linear LNB. There are numerous FTA satellites that you can access.
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I easily pick up digital signals from 60 miles out. I live on a hill, which helps, but my Eagle Aspen antenna is mounted in my attic. Several programs are duplicate because they are broadcast from different cities. Like, I might get 3 channels of Home Shopping Network.I live 30 miles north of Pittsburgh.
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You need a wiring harness, mounting bracket and most likely an antenna harness too