Dan Lanciani wrote:
In article . com, (dpb) writes:
| Thanks, Todd. Actually, there is power in the attic and a 110V outlet
| right at the location where the antenna lead comes in. Dad had planned
| on and tried one of the amplifiers at one time and had run the power
| for it when doing the remodel. Too bad he didn't think about
| additional updates like coax for network access and/or running an extra
| conduit between floors to allow something else to be pulled easily. 
| It's not being used now, but is live as I used it for a drop cord when
| doing some work up there a while back.
|
| I suppose I could do the outside, up the house thingy, but I have a
| pretty strong aversion to hanging stuff on the house if it's at all
| avoidable, and TV isn't enough of a priority to likely cause a
| retraction on that score.
|
| If you were to have an idea given that there is power up there, I'd
| certainly be interested in it. As you say, certainly a quick search
| didn't find anything. The other respondent suggesting the ham folks
| ain't a bad idea, either. Haven't done so yet, but will try it.
At one time you could buy a rotor control with an IR remote. You
could place this control in the attic and then use a wireless IR
extender between the TV location and the attic. Better would be a
hard-wired IR extender, but I don't think you can get one that rides
on twinlead.
OK, that works, thanks!! -- Your catch phrase word of "extender" led to
at least two or three wireless IR extenders that claim 120-ft range.
Since it's frame house and far less distance than that, _should_ work.
(How reliable they'll be is to be determined, of course, but it's a
solution at least in theory and not terribly expensive if turns out not
so good.).
I'll get the antenna first and when the weather clears up (we're
waiting for the third snow/ice in three weeks today altho this one is a
puppy compared to the last two, it's just not what we need just now
) and the ground dries out enough I can get the lift to the tower w/o
making ruts 2-ft deep and see if there's any signal in the other
direction to make the rotor look like it's worth doing.
Thanks to all (even Haller
) for the input...