exterior antenna installs are a pita

rosconey · « **on:** 19 Sep 2005, 05:44 pm »

finally got around to installing my exterior hdtv antenna today-
man what a royal pain in the ass-and expensive-ground wire(6ga solid)20$-antenna49$-rca cable-20$ connectors 12$ -1 section of mast 8$-tripod stand for roof 30$-misc 10$
4 hrs time

still have to install my fm antenna but i forgot a extra section of mast and dont feel like going back to home depot also cant find the hardware that came with antenna

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btw the rca non crip connectors work like a charm-pn#dt60cf-just cut the wire clean and follow directions-

mca · « **Reply #1 on:** 19 Sep 2005, 06:47 pm »

What HDTV antenna did you purchase?

JoshK · « **Reply #2 on:** 19 Sep 2005, 07:17 pm »

I found the biggest PITA was calibrating my rotator so that I could punch in the degrees and have it correspond to the actual degrees. I still haven't got it right but haven't had time to fix it either.

rosconey · « **Reply #3 on:** 19 Sep 2005, 08:04 pm »

its a winegard i got off ebay-works perfect

like this-http://cgi.ebay.com/Winegard-HDTV-UHF-TV-antenna-PR4400-Brand-New_W0QQitemZ5809982556QQcategoryZ11072QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

most stations in my area come from the same direction-i really only kneed it for fox hd-the other local hd channels are available over cable,but they wont carry fox for some reason- and i want to watch the GIANTS in hd