ClearCast HDTV indoor antenna -- overhyped?

[mpatoray]

Indoor HDTV reception is an intreating experiment depending on the construction of your house... I live in an 1891 converted 1 room school house, it was converted in the 1940's when the plater was put up the "lath" that was used was closely spaced metal like thick heavy chicken wire, well that makes the house basically a faraday cage and with "rabbit ears" I can barely get WKBN HD who's tower I can see out the window..... So I decided to use the big VHF/UHF RS antenna I had in the attic, aimed that one approx 1/2 between Pittsburgh and Stubenville and bought a UHF only and aimed it 1/2 between Youngstown and Salem. With a hybrid splitter/combiner and a couple of inline amplifiers I get the following channels:

KDKA DT 2.1 no sub channels full time 1080i
WTOV DT 9.1 NBC 1080i
WTOV DT 9.2 METV/local 480i
WPXI DT 11.1 NBC 1080i
WPXI DT 11.2 METV 480i
WQED DT 13.1 PBS 1080i
WQED DT 13.2 "Create TV" 480i
WQED DT 13.3 "The Neighborhood channel" 480i
WQED DT 13.4 "DTV Programming" 480i no program guide or channel ID
WPCW DT 19.1 Pittsburgh CW 1080i
WYFX-LD 19.1 FOX 720P
WFMJ DT 21.1 NBC 1080i
WBCB 21.2 CW 480i
WKBN 27.1 CBS 1080i
WYFX 27.2 FOX 480i
WYTV 33.1 ABC 720p
WYTV 33.2 METV 480i
WYTV 33.3 "weather" 480i
WNEO 45.1 PBS 720p
WNEO 45.2 "Fusion" 480i (some of the worst compression i have seen)
WNEO 45.3 "international programming" 480i
WNEO 45.4 V-ME 480i
WPGH 53.1 FOX 720p
WPGH 53.2 "Country Music TV" 480i

Depending on the set we are watching on we also may get 2.1-23.3 the local ION channels from Elyria.

I am in new Middletown which is about 8 miles south of Youngstown Ohio.

Matt

[DavGoodlin]

Originally Posted by mpatoray

Indoor HDTV reception is an intreating experiment depending on the construction of your house... I live in an 1891 converted 1 room school house, it was converted in the 1940's when the plater was put up the "lath" that was used was closely spaced metal like thick heavy chicken wire, well that makes the house basically a faraday cage and with "rabbit ears" I can barely get WKBN HD who's tower I can see out the window..... So I decided to use the big VHF/UHF RS antenna I had in the attic, aimed that one approx 1/2 between Pittsburgh and Stubenville and bought a UHF only and aimed it 1/2 between Youngstown and Salem. With a hybrid splitter/combiner and a couple of inline amplifiers I get the following channels:

KDKA DT 2.1 no sub channels full time 1080i
WTOV DT 9.1 NBC 1080i
WTOV DT 9.2 METV/local 480i
WPXI DT 11.1 NBC 1080i
WPXI DT 11.2 METV 480i
WQED DT 13.1 PBS 1080i
WQED DT 13.2 "Create TV" 480i
WQED DT 13.3 "The Neighborhood channel" 480i
WQED DT 13.4 "DTV Programming" 480i no program guide or channel ID
WPCW DT 19.1 Pittsburgh CW 1080i
WYFX-LD 19.1 FOX 720P
WFMJ DT 21.1 NBC 1080i
WBCB 21.2 CW 480i
WKBN 27.1 CBS 1080i
WYFX 27.2 FOX 480i
WYTV 33.1 ABC 720p
WYTV 33.2 METV 480i
WYTV 33.3 "weather" 480i
WNEO 45.1 PBS 720p
WNEO 45.2 "Fusion" 480i (some of the worst compression i have seen)
WNEO 45.3 "international programming" 480i
WNEO 45.4 V-ME 480i
WPGH 53.1 FOX 720p
WPGH 53.2 "Country Music TV" 480i

Depending on the set we are watching on we also may get 2.1-23.3 the local ION channels from Elyria.

I am in new Middletown which is about 8 miles south of Youngstown Ohio.

Matt

That is a great setup!!

Our metal roof makes it hard to get good results, so the Winegard VHF & Channel Master UHF yagi need to be lashed to the chimney.