Outdoor TV antennas

[TheGrey]

Channel 2 for me is a little weak. I occasionally get pixelation. I think this is because I have my signal coming in from an attic mounted Mohu "Sky 60". The "wings are oriented in a north/south direction and the coax runs down to my basement where it is split 6 ways on a 8 way splitter.

I really need to get a signal meter.

I think I will have to either get a splitter that has the exact amount of used splits, or get a powered splitter.

Other than that I can consistently get around 53 channels. Granted most are church-related or spanish-speaking.

See, we can pull in a number of channels (mostly religious or Spanish-speaking), but it's inconsistent and our channels drop out completely or freezes and/or pixelates to the point of frustration. Channel 31 is all but a wash, and even channel 2 gets worse as the evening goes on.

It wasn't like this a few months ago.

I think we'll need to get an antenna that can utilize both UHF and VHF signals. And a pole for it.

[TheGrey]

I happened upon this in a Slick Deals thread a few days ago. $13 and decently reviewed.

Good price, but it only pulls in UHF.

[def90]

I'm bringing this thread back up, because the quality of our channels has gone from good to utter crap. Local channels (2, 13) pixelate, freeze, and sometimes just drop off altogether. As we're in the southern part of Denver, I'm not sure why we're losing our signal. We've got one of those flat digital antennas inside; it doesn't really do squat. It would be nice to watch local TV again. I'm not sure why we've lost channel integrity, but it's frustrating! I've looked at antennaweb and TV fool, and they say different things. I've also read that if you get the wrong kind of antenna, it can interfere with other channels. Do we need an outdoor antenna? Who do I look for to install it? I don't know how to do any of this stuff.

Leaves on trees.. I'm guessing that the timing of your drop in signal corresponds to the change in foliage from spring to summer. Get your antenna up higher or get a stronger antenna.