[deebeeeff]

So here is my dilema - I have an antenna - regular old one - high up on our roof. I think the rotor is bad, but it is aimed roughly where I want it. Would have to hire someone to check it.
So I am wondering if I were to add a HD antenna somewhere, facing towards my other major market, if that signal could be combined with the first one?
Thanks,
Dave

 

[bret4]

They sell antenna combiners. Here is one I just found online. Never tried it. I'm sure there are others out there. Thinking of doing the same thing. I got a old combiner that looks like a small splitter. Don't know if there is much signal loss with the one I have. More fun testing things.:lol:

http://www.solidsignal.com/prod_display.asp?PROD=ANTDRCT-COMBNR

 

[dwenn]

Depending on how close you are to your combined markets and general signal strenght a multi directional antenna may get everything without having to rotate for each channel.
You said you think the rotor is broken what do you do fore the different channels now?
Are there some you just don't get.

I got a multi rom radio Shack for $50 - hung it myself so no extra charge there.

 

[Ken Massingale]

Just go to Radio Shack and pick up a Splitter/Combiner for about $15.
To combine you connect the antennas to the 'output' connectors and connect the cable that goes to your HR20/TV to the 'input' side.
Ken

 

[deebeeeff]

Depending on how close you are to your combined markets and general signal strenght a multi directional antenna may get everything without having to rotate for each channel.
You said you think the rotor is broken what do you do fore the different channels now?
Are there some you just don't get.

I got a multi rom radio Shack for $50 - hung it myself so no extra charge there.

Well I get all MY locals (Sacto/Stockton) via OTA or SAT, but I WANT MORE!!:lol: :lol:
Especially Fresno channels since games that might be blacked out in my other two markets are sometimes available from Fresno.
ANd when the antenna rotor worked, I did get Bay Area and Fresno channels quite well by rotating.

 

[bwaldron]

Just go to Radio Shack and pick up a Splitter/Combiner for about $15.
To combine you connect the antennas to the 'output' connectors and connect the cable that goes to your HR20/TV to the 'input' side.
Ken

That's always worth a try, but it often doesn't work well or at all, and can make reception worse.

I had to use a Jointenna to combine my two antennas (I have one channel 140 degrees away from the rest of 'em).

 

[Flores]

So here is my dilema - I have an antenna - regular old one - high up on our roof. I think the rotor is bad, but it is aimed roughly where I want it. Would have to hire someone to check it.
So I am wondering if I were to add a HD antenna somewhere, facing towards my other major market, if that signal could be combined with the first one?
Thanks,
Dave

What is an 'HD Antenna'? OTA is UHF, the last time I checked. Do you not have a UHF antenna on your regular old one?

If it's just an old VHF antenna, it will probably be just as much trouble to hang a UHF and combiner up there as it would be to pull the old one down and replace it with one that does both.

IMHO...

 

[deebeeeff]

What is an 'HD Antenna'? OTA is UHF, the last time I checked. Do you not have a UHF antenna on your regular old one?

If it's just an old VHF antenna, it will probably be just as much trouble to hang a UHF and combiner up there as it would be to pull the old one down and replace it with one that does both.

IMHO...

Good point about "HD Antenna".
yeah the roof antenna is uhf/vhf; gets good reception of HD channels in the direction it is aimed, which is about halfway between two markets.
where I live antennas need to be really high up

 

[litzdog911]

I used to live in Stockton, so I know what you're dealing with. An antenna combiner like the ChannelMaster Jointenna *might* work, and you certainly won't hurt anything by giving it a try. But don't expect too much. Trying to combine similar frequences (Fresno and Sacramento's UHF frequencies) with antennas aimed 180-deg apart usually doesn't work too well

 

[litzdog911]

Also, be sure to check out the "Local HDTV Reception Forum" at http://www.avsforum.com where you can ask other folks in Modesto what's worked for them.