View Full Version : Antenna vs Mountain
zwylde1
03-02-2006, 03:37 PM
I recently mounted a antenna on my house to get HD programming from my local channels. When I look at where I need to point my antenna to get 2 of my stations, there is a mountain in the way about 1/2 mile from my house. Will this affect my ability to get a signal from those stations? I am using a model VU-90XR that I got from Radio Shack.
Thanks
mjones73
03-02-2006, 03:39 PM
Yes it can impact your reception. Which stations are you trying to receive by the way?
zwylde1
03-02-2006, 03:43 PM
FOX and NBC. I actually live in Lebanon Pa. I get CBS and ABC that are around 270-280' for me and FOX and NBC are at 217ish for me and that is where the mountain is. I get a week scrambled signal for them. Would a signal booster help, or merely be a noise amplifier??
mjones73
03-02-2006, 04:59 PM
A pre-amp may help but it can only boost what you are receiving in the first place. A seperate higher gain UHF antenna may help also since the UHF sections of combo antennas tend to be on the weak side. I take it you have the antenna on a rotator right?
rochmndx
03-03-2006, 12:40 AM
If you are behind a mountain, get as much elevation as you possibly can. You should also ge somthing like a channel master 4228, a pre-amp and a rotator. Your Radio Shack antenna has really awful gain... especally when it comes to UHF.
It would help us if you could post you antennaweb.org results.
Ratman
03-03-2006, 08:33 AM
This should be close:
* yellow - uhf WLYH-DT 15.1 UPN LANCASTER PA 220° 3.9 23
* green - uhf WITF-DT 33.1 PBS HARRISBURG PA 287° 23.3 36
* red - vhf WHTM-DT 27.1 ABC HARRISBURG PA 282° 27.5 10
* red - vhf WHP-DT 21.1 CBS HARRISBURG PA 287° 23.3 4
* blue - uhf WPMT-DT 43.1 FOX YORK PA 216° 21.6 47
* blue - uhf WGAL-DT 8.1 NBC LANCASTER PA 219° 21.6 58
If you don't have a rotator... you need one.
ABC and CBS - VHF digitals (which you get) are in one direction.
FOX and NBC - UHF digitals are in ~70 degrees in another direction.
