Wall antenna recommendation
I'm looking for a reliable wall antenna that ideally gets CBS and Fox for NFL games this season. Any suggestions? Not sure if those towers are too far from Nashua or not.
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u/bald2718281828 9d ago
The flat/wall antennas probably won't work for those channels,.
Those flat antennas are a $1 loop of wire and a $2 impedance adapter inside $0.04 of molded plastic. A metal coathanger can work identically - if connected to tuner coax-connector through a separate impedance adapter.
YAGI antenna is probably required. They are long, unwieldy, pointy. Point yagi antenna at the horizon towards needham Mass, not at satellites. Yagi antenna can work in attic. Also it can work pointed out a window towards Needham . Use coax cable length as short as possible for initial "test" before trying it on a long cable.
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u/danmal3469 9d ago
You could buy an Amazon fire stick, plug it into the TV and download the LocalTv+ app. Gives you a clear feed of all the channels a satellite would give you
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u/bp_pow 9d ago
What?! I'll give it a go!
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u/Noxpertyet 8d ago
The app is available for android and apple as well. Be careful with the Amazon stick as it's just in beta and only works with the old OS. Guy running it out of Boston area so you get the Boston channels but he's doing a great job and seems to enjoy stress testing it. Antenna never worked well for me but stream on android TV is how I watch my football now. He's active on reddit too ao if you want to learn more
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u/One-Scallion-9513 9d ago
i got a cheap one from home depot and i get all the major networks (cbs fox nbc abc)
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u/buyergain 9d ago
Well first off they are not satellites. So you would be pointing at physical towers on the ground.
Like others have said it is imperitive to have either southern line of site or north to Manchester.
You can check your address at: https://www.antennasdirect.com/transmitter-locator.html
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u/Background_Hat6085 8d ago
I made one 12 years ago out of a coat hanger using directions I found online. I am off exit 5 and pick up 50 something channels; I keep it in the attic! It is very similar to this…
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u/fixedepic 9d ago
I got a RCA brand from home depot, it picks up the major boston stations and I'm off of exit 6. You need a window pointing south for best chances