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<blockquote data-quote="neognat" data-source="post: 345764" data-attributes="member: 24280"><p>Well... I've had good luck with antennas. At first, I built one out of coat hangers and fencing wire. It was really ugly, but I wanted a proof of concept before I spent any real money. I live 78 miles south of Spokane, Washington and the terrain is very hilly between here and there. A tech person from one of the Spokane UHF stations became interested in my project and advised me along the way. My home-made antenna worked well, but I bought a Channel Master 4228 for aesthetics, if nothing else. The signal quality is excellent. I have the antenna on a 15 foot mast at the peak of my roof. I also have a mast-mounted signal amplifier. I have a VHF/FM antenna that I'm going to add to the mast. The existing amplifier is also a combiner, so everything is in place. The only problem right now is the foot of snow on the roof. The new VHF/FM antenna is going to have to wait for a while. It is rated at 100+ miles, so I should be able to pull in VHF digital channels as well as the UHF. I do need to buy an ATSC card that I can get to work. I'm going to give the VBox DTA-150 one more try in a new build computer. If that doesn't work, I'm looking at the cards from Hauppauge as recommended in previous posts.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="neognat, post: 345764, member: 24280"] Well... I've had good luck with antennas. At first, I built one out of coat hangers and fencing wire. It was really ugly, but I wanted a proof of concept before I spent any real money. I live 78 miles south of Spokane, Washington and the terrain is very hilly between here and there. A tech person from one of the Spokane UHF stations became interested in my project and advised me along the way. My home-made antenna worked well, but I bought a Channel Master 4228 for aesthetics, if nothing else. The signal quality is excellent. I have the antenna on a 15 foot mast at the peak of my roof. I also have a mast-mounted signal amplifier. I have a VHF/FM antenna that I'm going to add to the mast. The existing amplifier is also a combiner, so everything is in place. The only problem right now is the foot of snow on the roof. The new VHF/FM antenna is going to have to wait for a while. It is rated at 100+ miles, so I should be able to pull in VHF digital channels as well as the UHF. I do need to buy an ATSC card that I can get to work. I'm going to give the VBox DTA-150 one more try in a new build computer. If that doesn't work, I'm looking at the cards from Hauppauge as recommended in previous posts. [/QUOTE]

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