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Antenna in attic not working well

by jimflint1 Sep 26, 2008 2:40AM PDT

I put my outdoor antenna in the attic, and it was working pretty well, though some stations had shadows etc. Well, I wanted to tweak it a bit as originally because of close spaced rafters I hadn't extended the arms of the antenna out until they clipped into their proper positions. So I went up there and loosened everything, painstakingly threaded all the elements in such a way as I could fully extend them, and screwed it back into position. Now however, the shadows are even worse. I have no idea how to get it back to it's original haphazard position as some of the elements had been clipped in place and some hadn't and I don't remember which ones. Any help here would be much appreciated.

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Make your own Antenna that will work!
by hyghwayman Sep 26, 2008 12:02PM PDT
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attic antenna
by jimflint1 Sep 27, 2008 5:23AM PDT

That's really a good idea. I actually took it out of the attic and put it on the roof. It's quite a bit better, but still not what I'd like. I may try to build my own and see what happens.

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Take it outside,
by ahtoi Sep 26, 2008 12:58PM PDT

the attic is never the most ideal place.

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I put it outside
by jimflint1 Sep 27, 2008 5:24AM PDT

Thanks for the suggestion. As you can see from my other post, I put it outside, and it's working quite a bit better.

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by hyghwayman Oct 5, 2008 12:15PM PDT

Your very welcome.

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