Question ota antenna help

[corvairbob]

ok we had to move do to a house fire and i had a nice antenna setup on my house. now we are in an apartment about 5 miles south of our home and in a west facing apartment. the ots channels are north east facing.

so what might be a good antenna that i can get and put in the window that faces west? my zip code was 49442 and now it is 49441 so not much change. so can anyone help me pick out something that may get tv8 tv13 and tv17 as those would be plenty. tv3 will not make it even with my antenna as that channel is south and east and to far.

thanks

 

[kanewolf]

ok we had to move do to a house fire and i had a nice antenna setup on my house. now we are in an apartment about 5 miles south of our home and in a west facing apartment. the ots channels are north east facing.

so what might be a good antenna that i can get and put in the window that faces west? my zip code was 49442 and now it is 49441 so not much change. so can anyone help me pick out something that may get tv8 tv13 and tv17 as those would be plenty. tv3 will not make it even with my antenna as that channel is south and east and to far.

thanks

You say your apartment faces west and the TV transmitters are northeast. The entire building is shielding you. Putting an antenna in the window MIGHT improve things or might not. Channel Master is a reputable brand. They have the FLATenna+ for indoor.

 

[Lafong]

ok we had to move do to a house fire and i had a nice antenna setup on my house. now we are in an apartment about 5 miles south of our home and in a west facing apartment. the ots channels are north east facing.

so what might be a good antenna that i can get and put in the window that faces west? my zip code was 49442 and now it is 49441 so not much change. so can anyone help me pick out something that may get tv8 tv13 and tv17 as those would be plenty. tv3 will not make it even with my antenna as that channel is south and east and to far.

thanks

This worked for me:

Mohu MH-110583 Leaf Indoor HDTV Antenna

From Amazon.

My TV station antennas are about 25 miles away. I get about 50 channels in a major metro area.

Tack it to a wall. May or may not need to be near a window. Positioning is fussy, so experiment.

 

[punkncat]

If you are top floor see if you can access the attic with a flat-tenna.