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Originally Posted by jim5506
Where are you located (zipcode)?
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53005
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Attenuation does not help because you attenuate both the main signal and the reflections
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Understand. I just tried the attenuation to confirm to myself it was not a case of weak signal.
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what you need is a good directional antenna mounted outside or at least at the outer wall toward the signal source (it may not be pretty).
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..or practical. This is being used with a small portable that does get moved around. We have cable service in the house, and if I need to string cables I would just tap into the cable system - but I don't want to string any more cables.
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I once used a Silver Sensor and sometimes, strangely enough, found multipath to be less if I mounted it in its holder rotated 90 degrees (vertical) instead of horizonal even though USA TV is horizonally polarized.
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I tried it vertical and it works as well or poorly as it does horizontally. Pointing the SS up, down, backwards, putting it on the floor, near the ceiling, doesn't seem to make any difference. I even put together a short rhombic antenna (1 meter legs, .5 meter separation at midpoint) and still get the same results. If I didn't know better I would think that all the Milwaukee DTV stations periodically drop their signals just to confuse their viewers.
Derf