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Bob F

micky wrote:
On Sat, 19 Apr 2014 17:18:15 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 19 Apr 2014 16:47:45 -0400, micky
wrote:

When I first** installed my large attic antenna, it got all the
Baltimore stations and most DC stations. 40 miles from here. No
rabbit ears had ever gotten more than one or two DC stations, plus
the Baltimore stations. So you're wrong.

When I lived in Clinton Md, south of DC an attic antenna got me all
of the DC stations (from northwest DC) and a fairly good picture from
Baltimore.
I went up on a 15' mast on the roof with a rotor so I could swing
around south and I could get Richmond fairly well (enough to see a
blacked out Redskin game), 100 miles away. DC and Baltimore were
crystal clear.

I'm not saying that a tower or mast isn't a good thing, but the
previous poster went far beyond saying that a tower was better than
the attic. He said regarding an antenna: "Indoor; even in the attic;
is a waste of money", and that's not true. " Just go for a proper
tower unless you live in a city." so I think he was recommending a
self-standing tower, wasn't even satisfied with a mast.

If you just wanted DC stations you could run a wire to the center
screw of an outlet plate.

Sounds good. Do I need more parts, or just a wire from there to the
center hole of the co-ax connector?

He didn't say anything about a co-ax connector. He said and outlet plate screw.
I do have some doubt.