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Questions tagged [tv-antenna]

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Should I ground my TV antenna?

Should I (electrically) ground my TV antenna? I've heard both: "you must always ground your antenna" and "you don't need to". I haven't grounded it (at all) yet. Under what circumstances is it useful or necessary? I imagine a TV antenna could…
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Using old vent pipe as TV antenna

I recently replaced a house trap, and as a result, I have a leftover vent pipe that runs from my basement up through my roof. Would it be possible for me to somehow connect a coax cable to the pipe so that it acts as an over-the-air TV antenna? If…
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Bonding Ground Rod for Rooftop Antenna

I am installing a rooftop antenna on the end of my house, opposite the end where the ground rod is located. I plan to install a new 8' ground rod on the ground directly under the antenna. I need to connect (bond) the new ground rod to the old ground…
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Grounding tv antenna in attic?

I know this question has been raised all over the internet, with a variety of responses, but here is my specific situation: I purchased this antenna and plan to mount it in my attic. I have an indoor pipe chase leading from my attic to the basement…
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What are some quantifiable metrics for comparing digital antennae?

I currently have an RCA Indoor digital flat amplified antenna (ANT1450BR), which doesn't work well. It seems as though the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil, causes my television signal in New York to scramble. Needless to say, I'm ready…
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Are directTV dishes energized in some way?

Are directTV dishes usually energized in some way? I was recently at my grandmothers house installing an over the air digital tv antenna. I decided to use the same coax cable that originally ran to her directTV dish. I first unplugged the DirecTV…
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Bonding new ground wire from ground rod to exsiting house grounding block

I am installing a new external TV antenna on the back of my house. The house grounding block is about 100 ft away from the new antenna, around the other side of the house. There is an existing exposed 6AWG ground wire that runs through my basement…
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Can I enhance Wi-Fi with a parabolic reflector?

I have a decommissioned satellite dish antenna and I’d like to get a stronger signals from nearby Wi-Fi source. I could mount an antenna at the focal point of the dish, as long as the router allowed external antenna. Would this conflict with modern…
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Cable TV, Antenna, Coaxial - what is this thing?

I'm looking to add an OTA antenna to my home. Over the years, many different cable and dish installers have left thier mark on the home, prior to my ownership. In fact, a dish and all its cables are still on the house. I'm thinking of replacing the…
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Find Hidden Problems with Coax Cable in Walls

I am not sure if this is the correct site for this question, so let me know if it needs to be moved. Through the coax network I have set up in my house I can't seem to propagate antenna signals for any channel above 21. I am a little clueless as to…
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How do I ground a TV antenna on my shed with the cable running underground to my house?

I want to mount a TV antenna on my shed in my back yard and run the wire underground to my house. The shed is about 60 to 70 feet from the house. There is electrical service in the shed, but there is no ground rod at the shed that I know of (I…
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how install a new ourdoor digital aerial

I have a problem with the tv aerial. I used a aerial splitter to split the aerial into 2 with one spare way. I'm not getting a signal in a room thats 50 foot away from the splitter. However the room where the splitter is works perfectly. I was told…
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Where should a TV aerial be positioned?

I was thinking that if we do need a better aerial for receiving Freeview TV broadcasts, is there an ideal position where we can put it? I was thinking of putting it at the rear of the property like in the picture. Is this OK? It's a backup plan in…
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Do I need a new or a repositioned TV aerial for freeview?

One of our tenants would like a TV in their room. The aerial in question hasn't been used for over 10 years, way before the switch over to digital. We don't even know if it still works. I was wondering would we need to have it repositioned in order…
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What do the 32 elements in a "32 element digital aerial" refer to?

I'm trying to make sense of the mess of TV aerials (all shapes and sizes) and cabling on the (shared) roof of our tenement. One potentially useful cross-checking piece of information I have is that the aerial I'm looking for is a "32 element…
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