tv antenna

[California]

Weather and terrain has a lot to do with it. I'm running dual 4228 antennas stacked on a 50foot tower and pull 80 miles regularly but you need to consider your antenna height and elevation , the desired transmitter elevation and power, and obstacles in between. On good days I can pull stations 120 miles away.
If you keep your runs short and set it up right ganging antennas makes a huge improvement on signal strength.

I wish that would work here. I've never seen any hint of a signal from the couple dozen stations in the San Francisco area. I've been trying ever since the digital conversion, using the 4228, another claimed high gain directional antenna, as well as the old antenna that worked before the digital conversion.

I think what I have learned is that my location with a hill on the horizon slightly higher than my location, will never get reception of the frequencies now in use. I could try a 50 ft mast. That sounds expensive for something that might not help.

I posted this photo here in 2006 (to illustrate carrying hand tools). It shows the horizon I need to see over, to get signal from the SE, the Walnut Grove tower over in California's Central Valley.
https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums...el-carrier-golf-bag-p1030489rgolftractor2-jpg

And here's my horizon to the south toward San Francisco. My line of sight to San Francisco runs through the left edge of the tall Eucalyptus trees. There are other less interesting stations a few degrees to the left of that, which shouldn't be blocked by those trees.
https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums...le-nursery-stock-p40375r-orchardseptember-jpg

 

[MossRoad]

Have you gone to a site like this and plugged in your location to see what's within your range?

Antennas Direct | TV Transmitter Locator and Mapping Tool

 

[California]

Have you gone to a site like this and plugged in your location to see what's within your range?

Antennas Direct | TV Transmitter Locator and Mapping Tool

Yes. in summary, "Maybe."

 

[MossRoad]

Yes. in summary, "Maybe."

Yeah, it's a hard call with mountains and hills. Around here, it's pretty darn flat.

 

[buickanddeere]

Should have signal. Suspect a technical problem instead .

 

[MossRoad]

I wish that would work here. I've never seen any hint of a signal from the couple dozen stations in the San Francisco area. I've been trying ever since the digital conversion, using the 4228, another claimed high gain directional antenna, as well as the old antenna that worked before the digital conversion.

I think what I have learned is that my location with a hill on the horizon slightly higher than my location, will never get reception of the frequencies now in use. I could try a 50 ft mast. That sounds expensive for something that might not help.

I posted this photo here in 2006 (to illustrate carrying hand tools). It shows the horizon I need to see over, to get signal from the SE, the Walnut Grove tower over in California's Central Valley.
https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums...el-carrier-golf-bag-p1030489rgolftractor2-jpg

And here's my horizon to the south toward San Francisco. My line of sight to San Francisco runs through the left edge of the tall Eucalyptus trees. There are other less interesting stations a few degrees to the left of that, which shouldn't be blocked by those trees.
https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums...le-nursery-stock-p40375r-orchardseptember-jpg

If you have a local ham radio club, a lot of those guys have portable towers that crank right up. Maybe someone could bring one out to your place and crank up a TV antenna for you to see if there is any usable signal at your location.

 

[California]

Should have signal. Suspect a technical problem instead .

I can get some low-wattage stations that are closer but they are specialty religious broadcasters, old Jimmy/Tammy Fay fundraising call-right-now etc. And several foreign language channels. Not just the nationals like Univision but odd Korean game shows, Spanish-dubbed 'Cops', Shopping Channel. Junk tv.

What I'm specifically looking for is the national channels broadcast from San Francisco, or from Walnut Grove over in the second-tier market in the Central Valley - Sacramento, Stockton, etc. The local state university PBS affiliate comes in fine and runs PBS national news but apparently doesn't buy any programming that would cost them money.

 

[locknut]

I can get some low-wattage stations that are closer but they are specialty religious broadcasters, old Jimmy/Tammy Fay fundraising call-right-now etc. And several foreign language channels. Not just the nationals like Univision but odd Korean game shows, Spanish-dubbed 'Cops', Shopping Channel. Junk tv.

What I'm specifically looking for is the national channels broadcast from San Francisco, or from Walnut Grove over in the second-tier market in the Central Valley - Sacramento, Stockton, etc. The local state university PBS affiliate comes in fine and runs PBS national news but apparently doesn't buy any programming that would cost them money.

Go to TVfool and put in your address or better yet your exact coordinates.Save the chart and post it back here.Put in 30 ft above ground.Let's see what you have to work with.

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[MossRoad]

Go to TVfool and put in your address or better yet your exact coordinates.Save the chart and post it back here.Put in 30 ft above ground.Let's see what you have to work with.

And include a picture of your tractor and any valuables you have in the house, too...

 

[locknut]

And include a picture of your tractor and any valuables you have in the house, too...

It doesn't work like that Moss.Doesn't show location.

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