Any chance of OTA?

[b4pjoe]

Here are the channels I would love to be able to get via OTA. All between 69.5 miles and 77.1 miles away. The height of Antenna I entered is 25 feet. All show up as poor. Is there an antenna on the planet that would pick up these stations.

 

[navychop]

Attached to a tethered blimp high in the sky? Yep.

 

[b4pjoe]

Attached to a tethered blimp high in the sky? Yep.

Yeah that is what I figure as well but thought I would ask the experts. The only way it shows a "fair" signal for those stations is if I change the height of the antenna to 300 feet. I figure the FAA might frown upon that though.

 

[MartyDe]

Just curious. Have you ever pointed any kind of directional antenna at St Louis and done a scan?

 

[primestar31]

Here are the channels I would love to be able to get via OTA. All between 69.5 miles and 77.1 miles away. The height of Antenna I entered is 25 feet. All show up as poor. Is there an antenna on the planet that would pick up these stations.

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See those BLUE mileage hyperlinks, such as: 73.2, 69.5, 74.8, etc? CLICK on those, and they'll show you the signal propagation between the tower and YOUR antenna for that channel. You'll see if you are dealing with it bouncing off mountain ridges and such.

IMO, this is the best antenna out there at present. I have THREE of them, all combine with a Televes Smartkom device: Televes 149884, DAT BOSS MIX LR Repack Ready! Antenna W/5G Filtered Pr

 

[b4pjoe]

Just curious. Have you ever pointed any kind of directional antenna at St Louis and done a scan?

No I have no antenna which is why I was asking if it would even be worth a try.

 

[Foxbat]

Mike beat me to it. The Televés antennas are some of the best (if not the best) antennas in the World. They followed that up with some innovative technology like the Smartkom.

 

[b4pjoe]

You'll see if you are dealing with it bouncing off mountain ridges and such.

No mountains here in Illinois.

IMO, this is the best antenna out there at present. I have THREE of them, all combine with a Televes Smartkom device: Televes 149884, DAT BOSS MIX LR Repack Ready! Antenna W/5G Filtered Pr

Thank you for the info.

 

[primestar31]

No mountains here in Illinois.

Still could be ridges it has to bounce off of...

 

[Foxbat]

No I have no antenna which is why I was asking if it would even be worth a try.

It depends on how much money you want to spend on Local TV reception. At 70+ miles, you may not be willing to spend $1,000 for a tower to get up high enough to have a chance at pulling in your St. Louis channels.

 

[Jimbo]

No I have no antenna which is why I was asking if it would even be worth a try.

I too use the Televes ... I've put up 3 different ones in the last several years, (not here) for other friends ...
They are a bit pricey, but you get what you pay for.
All of the ones I put up did a good to great job.

Personally, I would go with this one:
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TELEVES ELLIPSE MIX Smart HDTV Outdoor/Attic Antenna

Model Number: 148883

or this one:

Televes® DAT BOSS Attic/Outdoor TV Antenna

Model Number: 149884

Well, I was hoping that it would show you the antenna(s) but I guess not this time.

 

[John2021]

Mike beat me to it. The Televés antennas are some of the best (if not the best) antennas in the World. They followed that up with some innovative technology like the Smartkom.

whats support like in america or a third world country . as were gonna need a bigger antenna when we move again

 

[John2021]

I too use the Televes ... I've put up 3 different ones in the last several years, (not here) for other friends ...
They are a bit pricey, but you get what you pay for.
All of the ones I put up did a good to great job.

Personally, I would go with this one:
PreviousNext

TELEVES ELLIPSE MIX Smart HDTV Outdoor/Attic Antenna

Model Number: 148883

or this one:

Televes® DAT BOSS Attic/Outdoor TV Antenna

Model Number: 149884

Well, I was hoping that it would show you the antenna(s) but I guess not this time.

i think i like the televes better than the winegaurds

 

[John2021]

It depends on how much money you want to spend on Local TV reception. At 70+ miles, you may not be willing to spend $1,000 for a tower to get up high enough to have a chance at pulling in your St. Louis channels.

i remember my grandmother having one on a pole with 4 cables holding it down and cemented in a huge cement block with a rotor

 

[primestar31]

willing to spend $1,000 for a tower

People sell used towers on Facebook Marketplace, or Craigslist all the time. You can usually get a good 40 footer for a couple hundred bucks, maybe less. They come in 10' sections, and it isn't that hard to set them up. I got mine for $35 total. It's 30ft, but I have a heavy steel 12 foot mast pipe in it.

 

[navychop]

Is it worth investing significant funds in OTA when we are so threatened with DRM on ATSC-3? Will we have significant OTA in 5-10 years?

 

[primestar31]

Is it worth investing significant funds in OTA when we are so threatened with DRM on ATSC-3? Will we have significant OTA in 5-10 years?

Nobody can guess that. But I'd think it'll stay around. ATSC 3.0 will die, UNLESS they remove DRM. The advertisers will see to that, once they see people can't watch their ads.

 

[navychop]

Dreamer.

There are those that WANT OTA to go away, so they can repurpose those frequencies.

Youse pays youse money and youse takes youse chances.

 

[brice52]

People sell used towers on Facebook Marketplace, or Craigslist all the time. You can usually get a good 40 footer for a couple hundred bucks, maybe less. They come in 10' sections, and it isn't that hard to set them up. I got mine for $35 total. It's 30ft, but I have a heavy steel 12 foot mast pipe in it.

I have a free standing 30 ft tower with a 3x3 by 4ft deep foundation. It a hinged tower. I have a preamp on it and the power inserter is 125 feet from the ground rod at the tower base and the 32 feet to the antenna. I have not touched it in 4 years and still have excellent reception