THANKS OTA FORUM!!

[Z06_Pilot]

I've been running on my Winegard 1080 for about 6 weeks now, and my reception on all HD locals is super fantastic. Not a single frozen screen, pixelation, lost signal, nothing. we had some high winds, rain storms and now snow, and nothing stops the signal.

I am running between 87 and 100% strength on all channels consistently.

I know I am lucky as all the towers except one are 3.5 miles from me, with no obstructions.

but it did take a couple of tries to find the right antenna to pull everything in successfully.

you folks on this forum are just dynamite!

thanks very, very much

Jeff

 

[CowboyDren]

Glad we got you fixed up. Did you wind up putting that antenna outside, or is it still in your attic?

 

[Splicer]

Another satisfied customer!

 

[Z06_Pilot]

Glad we got you fixed up. Did you wind up putting that antenna outside, or is it still in your attic?

Hi Dren,

I got really tired of trying to make it work in the attic. signals would not come in strong consistently no matter where I placed it in the attic, or it's orientation, and that was after 4 different antennas....

I already had a wireless weather system installed on a 10 ft. mast, via a tripod mount on a flat part of my roof.

I simply mounted the 1080 at the very top, lined it up, ran guy wires to stabilize it, then grounded the antenna and mast, and life is GOOD!

thanks a lot folks!

 

[CowboyDren]

Roger that. As my first Dish installer said; "Enjoy your TV."

 

[primestar31]

"then grounded the antenna and mast, and life is GOOD!"

thanks a lot folks!

We used to call those "lightning rods"!