Questions from an emigrant from the McIntosh and Antique Radio forums

[bozey45]

Go to avsforum.com and click on their "Local HDTV Info & Reception." Then go to the Tampa thread and someone will help you there also. That thread has just about every local TV market listed and someone can help you. I'm just north in Pasco County and there are some real experts on OTA antennas, pre-amps, rotors and whatever; great bunch of people use AVS forums. An omni-directional may do you just fine there in Riverview, only thing is to try and see how it does for you. I see a number omnis here in pasco but don't know how they perform up here. I'm an outdoor antenna nut myself and so have a 30 ft. telescoping mast and Terrestrial Digital 91-XG for UHF digital channels. I haven't finished the install yet because still need a rotor and pre-amp cause I'm also into DX. But AVS forums should help you tremendously.

[steve328is]

Thank you sir! I'll check out that forum. I'm thinking an omni might work OK for me, turns out that my house is less than 5 miles away from a lot of transmitters. You can see the towers from my street.

If I had my way I'd have a tower in back of my house with a large directional antenna/rotor and an AM outrigger loop antenna also with a rotor. Plus an outrigger scanner antenna and maybe, just maybe an HF dipole! Two reasons why I don't have that setup: homeowners association, and "she who must be obeyed".

Cheers--Steve

[bozey45]

Be assured that as of the Communications Act of 1996, no HOA can stop you from putting up an outdoor antenna array; the only thing they can regulate is the size of a SATELLITE dish. If they say you cannot then they better catch up with the times; this one thing those nazi organizations have lost out on and that was 12 years ago; if they aren't aware of it tell them to check it out at the FCC website. then tell them to take a hike!

[steve328is]

Originally Posted by bozey45

Be assured that as of the Communications Act of 1996, no HOA can stop you from putting up an outdoor antenna array; the only thing they can regulate is the size of a SATELLITE dish. If they say you cannot then they better catch up with the times; this one thing those nazi organizations have lost out on and that was 12 years ago; if they aren't aware of it tell them to check it out at the FCC website. then tell them to take a hike!

--THAT's good to know...if I remember right the best line of sight to the broadcasting antenna farm will put my antenna on the side of the garage between my house and my neighbor's--visible from the street.

[radiotvnut]

Originally Posted by steve328is

--THAT's good to know...if I remember right the best line of sight to the broadcasting antenna farm will put my antenna on the side of the garage between my house and my neighbor's--visible from the street.

GO FOR IT!!!!!!!!!!!!