I wanted to be able to get HD signals and others but since I am
surrounded by 60-80ft trees I wonder if this will even be worth the
effort, the large old trees are also next to the house, the antenna
would be 30ft in the air. I plugged into and am trying my neighbors 18
segment antenna now, 2 comes well, 5 barely, 7-9 poor but Uhf is
basicly non existant. I hate to put up the best with a rotator, amp etc
and find the trees make this un useable.

m Ransley wrote:
I wanted to be able to get HD signals and others but since I am
surrounded by 60-80ft trees I wonder if this will even be worth the
effort, the large old trees are also next to the house, the antenna
would be 30ft in the air. I plugged into and am trying my neighbors 18
segment antenna now, 2 comes well, 5 barely, 7-9 poor but Uhf is
basicly non existant. I hate to put up the best with a rotator, amp etc
and find the trees make this un useable.

Bite the bullet and call Directv. $50 a month and you get all the
channels. No charge to install the whole thing.

I have a house in upstate NY about 50 mile away from the nearest
transmitter. I put up the biggest antenna Radio shack has, plus a
rotory motor, which helps a lot.
As far as the type of cable, I always thought twin lead was the best
since it has the lowest loss. Thats what have now. I say this because I
actually did a test with both RG59 and twin lead, and the twin lead was
a lot better. This was about 10 years ago, so I don't know if RG6 would
be better because I have not tested it.

I've always heard that twin lead wire starts off good but ages poorly from
sun,etc.


"Mikepier" wrote in message
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I have a house in upstate NY about 50 mile away from the nearest
transmitter. I put up the biggest antenna Radio shack has, plus a
rotory motor, which helps a lot.
As far as the type of cable, I always thought twin lead was the best
since it has the lowest loss. Thats what have now. I say this because I
actually did a test with both RG59 and twin lead, and the twin lead was
a lot better. This was about 10 years ago, so I don't know if RG6 would
be better because I have not tested it.

On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:06:56 GMT, "Chuck B."
wrote:

m Ransley wrote:
I wanted to be able to get HD signals and others but since I am
surrounded by 60-80ft trees I wonder if this will even be worth the
effort, the large old trees are also next to the house, the antenna
would be 30ft in the air. I plugged into and am trying my neighbors 18
segment antenna now, 2 comes well, 5 barely, 7-9 poor but Uhf is
basicly non existant. I hate to put up the best with a rotator, amp etc
and find the trees make this un useable.

Bite the bullet and call Directv. $50 a month and you get all the
channels. No charge to install the whole thing.
How much to chop down the same trees that interfere with outdoor
antenna?