TV antanae

You're better off making a tin foil triangle out of a coat hanger. Then pay a Swifty/Prime/Werner/Western Express driver to hold it while standing on top of your trailer. Pay him 75 cpm. While parked in a truck stop. That's been my best luck.

 

Pay me and I'll think about it.
Until then.... well, you can guess what you can do to yourself.

 

I think its bad connection. I had one Cascadia that worked great, and one that didn't work at all. But I've talked to several guys that said that little antenna you speak of works great. Use up some points and get one.

 

digital signal these days is tough to acheive. compared to the old analog signal that worked so much better.

I don't know how you all do it. I didn't have much luck getting anything that was worth watching anyways. And when i did. All it took was a semi rolling around me to knock out the signal.

 

I have purchased a couple of those flat antennas... I bought mine from Sam's Club and think they do a great job for their size.

One could also rig a piece of pvc pipe to set on the trucks antenna (cut a slit up one side) to get it outside the truck and higher.

 

The "flat panel antennas" will provide better reception then the stock "built-in" antenna, such as it exists. With the external antenna, you have the ability to move it to where it pulls in better from whatever source tower you're wanting to pull in. As you get further from the broadcast towers, antenna positioning becomes more critical. As is mentioned, the higher you can get the antenna, the better, but passing truck traffic will always mess with digital reception, no matter.

 

Also, most newer televisions have an option to view the channel's incoming signal strength. Once you scan/save channels and find one you like, you can sometimes reposition the antenna to get a higher signal strength reading. This will typically enhance reception from other towers that may be near/along the same radial (grouped together). But in some areas you may be surrounded by towers and the antenna position that works good for one station, may suck for another that's 90 degrees over.

BTW I've not found "powered signal boosters" [that may be used to up-charge some antennas] to be of much benefit in most situations. They were beneficial for analog, but not so much for today's digital.