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rk911
Jul 30, 2017Explorer
rockhillmanor wrote:SCVJeff wrote:rockhillmanor wrote:SCVJeff wrote:
"Do they work" is totally subjective. There is no substitute for an obstruction free REAL directional antenna mounted off the roof. These indoor antennas are last resort only.
Well for me it is NOT a last resort. If was my first choice and very happy with results.
BTW:
When I bought my Florida winter house and was remodeling it I ran a coax cable from the TV inside the house to the inside of the MH and plugged into booster.
Then I bought the inside antenna and mounted it on inside wall. Which is several feet 'lower' than the batwing on MH.
I actually get more channels with the indoor antenna. Mounted exactly across from MH batwing and as mentioned mounted significantly lower.
I too was very surprised of the results. It was purchased as a temporary situation but in light of results I will not be replacing it with an outdoor antenna.Does anyone have any experience with these types of TV antenna's
To the OP, yes they do work if you buy the best one available.there is simply no way an inside or stick-on antenna of any kind will perform as well as any working external antenna, especially a working Batwing and there's no amount of talk that will change the fact
that an in the open and elevated antenna is simply a better solution. These antennas, just like the old Rabbit Ears ARE a last resort when you cannot use an outside antenna, and you get what you get... simple as that. There should be no reason to go into what obstructions of any kind do to RF, and THAT is what kills these cheap little antennas. If you claim this panel antenna works better than your Batwing, then it's broken, period.
So to the OP: and they any good? NO! Just like Rabbit Ears, if it's that's all there is then obviously it's your only choice
Should probably just let this go BUT.
I respectively take offense when you refer to my post as "no amount of talk will change the fact".
Have you tried it?
Do you have one?
I do.
My neighbor has an outdoor antenna that is 2 times the height of his house and he gets the same exact channels I do using an indoor amplified antenna.
Who are you to say they don't work when a forum member is using one and states that it does. :? :?
It DOES matter WHICH one you purchase.
Have a nice day. :C
in an ueban/suburban environment it's not at all surprising to see the results you mention. before i re-did all of the cablingin our house i was able to receive all of the metro chicago hdtv broadcasts with a broken amateur radio vhf ground plane antenna... 18" tall with 2 missing radials. and just for kicks i disconnected that and stuck a large straightened paperclip into the RF antenna port and still received most stations. but my house is located 30-air miles fm downtown chicago...in the primary service zone.
again...what most of us have been saying is that the farther out you are the more important HAAT (height above avg terrain) is. meaning your tv antenna. the higher the better.
if the OP has a malfunctioning batwing before i'd do anything i would replace the coax between the antenna and roof connection. coax does wear out from uv rays and water can invade the coax jacket.
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