Ok I just used this website and it recommended 2 different types of antennas.
Multi/ directional and directional.
Confused even further, I am.
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Ok I just used this website and it recommended 2 different types of antennas.
Multi/ directional and directional.
Confused even further, I am.
I wouldn't bring it up when talking to them.
Probably directional. It is likely defaulting to include multi-directional since that can always work. But, as Darryl said above, you can get more crosstalk and multi-path issues, which can reduce signal quality.
If you want to be more technical, look at the direction given for each station (that you care about). It shows a degree like 45deg or 264deg. They are probably all very similar.
Ex:
Mine show 92-95deg for all our Minneapolis stations (basically all the same direction), and then I have some from a smaller town an hour away at 153deg (nearly opposite direction). Since it recommends directional for you, I'm assuming your main stations are within a small range, like mine. I don't care about the smaller town stations, so I ignore them and use a small directional.
So, if they are grouped together, directional should be the best choice.
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That's right. Directional. If you want to try for the combo of Dayton & Cincy over the air, big directional probably with a rotor. The rotor could be set up to rotate between the Dayton antenna cluster and the Cincy cluster. There are rotors with remotes so you can control the rotation from the couch. This is also a very good way to optimize the direction (sitting on the couch checking signal strength readouts while trying different angles).
However, if you are happy with just the Dayton stations, you probably won't need the rotor and can probably get them with a smallish antenna. Too bad that only Fox is excluded from your cable option. I suggest scanning again in a few days just in case it's down. I believe Fox MUST be included with the other "big 3" networks so maybe it was just not available when you scanned it.
However, if you are happy with just the Dayton stations, you probably won't need the rotor and can probably get them with a smallish antenna. Too bad that only Fox is excluded from your cable option. I suggest scanning again in a few days just in case it's down. I believe Fox MUST be included with the other "big 3" networks so maybe it was just not available when you scanned it.
I wouldn't bring it up when talking to them.
Probably directional. It is likely defaulting to include multi-directional since that can always work. But, as Darryl said above, you can get more crosstalk and multi-path issues, which can reduce signal quality.
If you want to be more technical, look at the direction given for each station (that you care about). It shows a degree like 45deg or 264deg. They are probably all very similar.
Ex:
Mine show 92-95deg for all our Minneapolis stations (basically all the same direction), and then I have some from a smaller town an hour away at 153deg (nearly opposite direction). Since it recommends directional for you, I'm assuming your main stations are within a small range, like mine. I don't care about the smaller town stations, so I ignore them and use a small directional.
So, if they are grouped together, directional should be the best choice.
Thanks