[TriLUG] cut the TV cable

[Steve Litt via TriLUG]

On Tue, 30 Jun 2015 12:30:47 +0000
Scott Sexton via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

> I've been using a Mohu Leaf antenna for a few years now (
> http://www.amazon.com/Mohu-Leaf-Paper-Connectors-Materials/dp/B004QK7HI8)
>  and it works great.  I attach it to an old amplifier I had from a
> previous indoor antenna.  The amp only improves the signal a little
> bit, so you would probably be fine without it, depending on where you
> live.  I live in Cary, but my TV is on the bottom floor and the yard
> slopes up enough to block a lot of my signal, so I'm not getting a
> lot of channels at the moment.  But PBS comes in clear as a bell and
> I also get ABC, FOX and I think CBS.

I think a big part of reception is placement of the antenna. High and
near a window seems like a plan.

Some antennas come with a built-in amplifier, right at the antenna,
with DC power delivered via coax. This means you get high signal on the
long coax, instead of amplifying noise that sneaks in through the coax.

SteveT

Steve Litt 
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