Is anyone here had any experience with their shot going directly over a nearby military base or Federal facility? Is there any way to look into the possibility of that being a source of interference?

Can anyone recommend me an antenna that gives only spanish channels or that gives some? I am located in NYC. Thank you in advance.

Thank you in advance. Here is my RabbitEars Report. I only care about picking up 4 total channels. Those 4 are channel 19 (5.7 miles at 58 degrees) and channels 23-25 (all around 24 miles at 304 degrees). I plan to run a short coax cable from the antenna to a Tablo in my attic, and then a long ethernet cable from the Tablo down to my router in my office. My attic is higher than the roofline of the houses on either side of me. I want to spend less than $200 on the antenna. Below are a couple of questions. Any recommendations or advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you again.

1. Do I need a multi-directional antenna since the 4 channels that I want are in 2 different directions with varying distances?

2. Since all of my desired channels are within a 30 mile radius, does buying an antenna with a longer range help with the quality of my 4 desired channels in any way, or should I just buy an antenna with a 30 mile range since I don't need to pick up anything further than 30 miles?

3. Is putting my Tablo in the attic (with no climate control) a bad idea such that I should run a long coax cable from my antenna and place my Tablo next to my router? I am trying to avoid loss of quality due to a long coax cable.

4. Is there a specific type of coax cable that I should use for the best quality signal?

Edit - Any downside to this antenna for my situation?

https://www.rabbitears.info/s/1834478

What would y’all suggest based on these results? The primary channel I care about is CBS but would like to have more options. Budget is flexible

Rabbit ears: https://www.rabbitears.info/searchmap.php?request=result&study_id=1316722

Would like something under 200$ Would like to get all of Utica and some Watertown channels if possible

Thanks

What’s your favorite coax tracer? I have old DTV cable throughout the house and the old DTV splitter is in the attic above the garage. I want to label all the cables for each room.

I am wondering if there is a pannle that is behind it,, or something because I am stumped

I loaned an amplifier to someone to help troubleshoot their antenna suddenly not picking up any channels. They said it didn’t help. I went to check it out myself and they had reversed the connections (amp side to TV and TV side to antenna). Could this have damaged the antenna? The antenna was working great for them for a couple of months before this. It’s a 14’ long Winegard. Tiny 5VDC amp between the wall plate and TV. A quarter turn of the coax to the wall plate improves signal for a few hours and then it goes to heck again. I’m going to run a drop from the antenna to the TV today to make sure it isn’t something in the walls causing the issue. Thank you for any advice.

In tri cities Washington, a little under channel 14 on uhv settings I get this image, it's stable and doesn't have any static which leads me to believe it's not a fluke, bit I don't know what I'm looking at. Do you guys have any idea?

For example; the guide says 33.4 is Mystery, the description is for Mystery, but when selected it's Toons. There's a few like this. Any fixes for it? Thanks.

Liking the idea of being able to have a DVR function as well as watching via the app on either my smartphone/tablet or my Roku/FireTV.

Range seems limited versus other antennas. Anyone here have any experience with Tablo and your recommendations?

https://www.rabbitears.info/s/1812752

Every channel is right around 40 miles and within 5-10 degrees of each other.

For some reason I can't get WAVY 10.1, I used to get this channel the best but now I get Fox and CBS which are further away.

This is the antenna I have, a few years old but I have bought a couple other new ones with a similar mileage rating and they were actually worse.

Antennas Direct ClearStream 2V Indoor Outdoor TV

Antenna UHF VHF Multi-Directional, 60+ Mile Range, 4K 8K UHD, NEXTGEN TV - w/Reflector, 20-inch Mast

Any idea what I might be missing?

We bought our Channel Master antennas about 15 years ago. Our reception is starting to be unreliable and I wondered if the antenna might be to blame. Thanks for your thoughts.

I'm in the market for a TV antenna to be placed in our attic space. A quick search of Amazon brings up new, box-looking antennas that claim to be "2024 Best" and "1000+ miles range"

Like this: https://www.amazon.com/Release-Antenna-Digital-Ourdoor-Amplifier/dp/B0D251JCPB

Or: https://www.amazon.com/Antenna-Amplified-Channels-Strongest-TVs-38FT/dp/B0DLHDF2GJ

These don't look like any antenna I've ever seen. Is this some kind of AI-fabricated scam or real-deal, new technology that will blow my socks off?

RabbitEars: https://www.rabbitears.info/searchmap.php?request=result&study_id=1810834

Hi friendly neightborhood antenna experts! I am looking to buy an indoor antenna and saw a thread suggesting I start out by checking out rabbitears.info to determine optimal antenna specification and setup based on my location. Could someone please help me interpret my results and suggest a product? Thank you in advance!

https://www.rabbitears.info/s/1810095

More info:

There is a West-facing window looking out at the next door apartment (15 yds away?) that I could put the antenna in.

I have tried to Google this and search reddit, but I can't seem to find an answer and/or a solution...

Is there a way to either use Android Subtitles on Plex while using Live TV?

Or, change the Plex Live TV subtitles so it's not the black bar? I've played with the settings on the app, but that does nothing. I've tried to change it on the server, but that does nothing as well.

If I record Live TV and try to view it on Plex it does the same thing, black bars. But if I view the recording on another app like GetChannels it defaults to the Android CC/subtitles.

My set up is HD Homerun -- Plex Server -- Nvidia Shield.

I have tried it on my phone (Android) Amazon Cube, PC and CwGTV... Is this one of those things that can't be changed on Plex, because of Plex reasons. Or am I missing something?

Thank you in advance!

I am located in the east end of Toronto close to the lake. I connected an indoor tv antenna and can pick up American stations transmitted from Buffalo which is great but I can't get any Canadian channels transmitted from the CN tower in Toronto. Any idea why?

This is aimed at people in Utah that can capture free OTA broadcasts. We are trying to preserve some lost media for the show "Zula Patrol" (show info: https://themoviedb.org/tv/15546-the-zula-patrol/). We really have nowhere else to turn for this (don't know anyone in Utah) so if anyone in Utah able to capture free OTA TV broadcasts is willing to help we would be very grateful.

Show airs on Utah Education Network (UEN) on December 13th, 2024 (UEN schedule: https://www.uen.org/tv/whatson/results.php?search=zula+patrol). Goal is to capture each episode aired (likely 1080i) and closed captions/subs from December 13th until they stop airing the show. Good signal/picture quality is preferred.

If you can help please msg me via chat/pm (if you wish to not make your location public) or post here

I just put assembled Televes 14883. The directors shown in the pic have metal tabs on each side of each director. Following instructions upper director bent tabs. I had to bend them back so they did not catch on inital contact but tried to make them rest on sides after. What should the tabs look like after a sucessful click in of a director? Should they rest on each side of the metal director? Red arrows point to metal tab locations.

https://preview.redd.it/ajy69qu6fvyd1.png?width=1492&format=png&auto=webp&s=a38ae75008299064379f78e8abde4bed067c1ed6

I am in Southern California (Orange county) and used to get ABC. A few weeks ago I stopped getting that signal and I can't get it back no matter what I do. Everything else works. Is anyone else experiencing this? I'm wondering if they're doing something to their tower.

So I'm trying to set up an indoor antenna. I go to the TV settings and I go to antenna, and it says "Indicator is available for digital broadcast only". I'm not very technologically savvy, and I don't know what to do next. I would appreciate any advice.

I'm about 20 miles from the Chicago broadcast towers and have pretty good reception with a Clearstream 4V in my attic. However, on certain days Channel 5 WMAQ shows frequent glitches on ATSC 1.0. I believe this is on RF channel 33 now. My one TV that has ATSC 3.0 is always perfect and the other channels from the same or nearby towers rarely have any problems.

I've been blaming it on airplanes causing multipath reflections but some days it seems to be too frequent for that and sometimes reception is perfect for days in spite of hearing planes flying over. I found a few similar complaints with Google, but it seemed very location dependent. Does anyone else have this problem - and have you found a solution?

Hey Folks:

Environment:

Plex Pass, running on a Windows NUC (moving to a repurposed M1 Max MacBook Pro in a few months)

Suburban Los Angeles, CA (Northeastern San Fernando Valley; the house is on a hill, so I pretty much have an unobstructed line of sight in all directions).

Viewing: via a Roku Ultra that has access to the local Plex server.

We cut the subscription cable cord years ago (although we still have coax drops at the house).

My initial thought was an HDHomerun device to feed Plex Pass, but I still need a physical antenna.

What antenna do y'all suggest in this scenario? Or, should I be approaching this differently?

Thanks!

I use an attic-mounted antenna to bring in signal from towers about 45 miles away. Mostly, the rig does well, clean uninterrupted signal, but occasionally (and this most frequently at late night) certain channels get glitchy, and the signal strength indicated by the TV abruptly goes from a steady 8 or 9 (out of 10) to 1 or 0 for a moment (and picture pixelates and sound is interrupted), and then just as quickly the signal recovers.

What’s going on? A stretch of weeks can go by without problems, then a spell of nights when the signal is glitchy. It doesn’t seem to correspond to weather like precipitation or cloudiness, but maybe other factors? Anything I might do to deal with this?

I live in a 280’ tall high rise condo building in Dallas, TX. It has 100 units on 20 floors. Everyone is streaming on AT&T Fiber.

There is a deprecated DirecTV coax infrastructure in the building. I want to light up the building with OTA utilizing the existing coax.

The DirecTV’s satellite dish is located on the roof. I’m guessing that the current DirecTV infrastructure has distribution amplifiers to send satellite signals through out the floors over coax. Right?

Is it possible to pump OTA signal over the existing DirecTV coax, If we replace the DirecTV dish with an OTA antenna?

Configuration question... I'm 99% sure I need signal amplification.
I've my inside antenna in my window in front bedroom about 20' off the ground. I'll be replacing it soon so this question is about my wiring. Perhaps my question is how to best amplify my signal.

I just rewired the whole house with good RG-6. Every room is homerunned from our main box which used to receive our cable TV service. Smart TVs in the bedroom & livingroom.

From the antenna to the TV is 5 feet, to the main box is another 15'. Signal is split before the TV and fed to the mainbox. Its then coupled to the 30' cable to living room. No other connectors. One splitter, one coupler. Signal at the living room is horrible, it freezes, picture pixilate.

What would you recommend? Pre-Amp before the splitter (1:2)? Powered splitter? Amplifier instead of coupler at the main box?

Again, the antenna feeds the upstairs TV just fine, needs positioning but otherwise fine.

RabbitEars report for whatever use it may be. I'm only looking to distribute the Green channels to my living room. Anything else is a nice-to-have once I get my new antenna.

https://www.rabbitears.info/s/1794126