[mythtv-users] Attic antenna
Mike Perkins
mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk
Mon Aug 31 16:03:53 UTC 2009
jason maxwell wrote:
> It looks like the OP got his questions answered, so rather than start
> another thread with the same title, I'll just hijack :)Right now I have a
> tinfoil and coat hanger quad bowtie antenna in the attic that works very
> well. I'm ~35-45 miles from 2 major cities (DC/Baltimore). Right now I'm
> grabbing all the DC stations with no problem. If I turn the antenna, I can
> pick up some Bmore stations too. I would like to make a second antenna so
> that they can be simultaneously pointed at each city. Would this work if I
> just hooked both to a simple splitter, or do I need a fancy combiner of some
> sort?
>
You would probably do better, if you can run another cable, to set up a
completely separate antenna for Baltimore feeding into another tuner. This will
avoid any signal degradation and offer you a *lot* more flexibility.
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Mike Perkins
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