No solution...any ideas?

[OttoNP]

I think i'm about done...this thread is more of a rant than anything, for the life of me I can not get perfect HDTV (maybe I expect too much)...so far I have tried:

In Detroit area:

OTA with hauppauge 1600
OTA with HD homerun
about 5-10 different antennas and several amplifiers...


WOW qam cable with both, and Comcast qam cable and several amplifiers...

My best two setups have been comcast qam with HDHR, but I get random blips about every 5 hours of HDTV and maybe 1 episode per season that is garbage...

My other good setup was hauppauge 1600 with OTA, when leaves are not around (winter)...but I get frequently missing 5 min, about once per month and also probably 1 episode per season unwatchable...

I'm debating trying to build a trash can antenna...

http://mackys.livejournal.com/713021.html

I am so sick of this!!!

[PGPfan]

You might want to consider This antenna design (still a DIY) that seems to be the best design currently known. Rather simple to build (use the detailed plans on their forums), and in my case the total cost for all new materials was $26.00.

Hope this helps!

-PGPfan

[SWKerr]

Oh how I share your pain. I have been trying for years to get perfect signal on OTA. I saw the box surrounded by screen setup a few years ago and considered it. I would love to hear form someone that has done it. Since I have a small Yagi now I could probably do it for very little cash.

I have something similar to the Gray-Hoverman and it does not fix the multi-path worth a hoot.

I have built something akin to this monster and although better it has never eliminated the problem. (Stacked Yagi)
http://www.atechfabrication.com/test...cking_test.htm

I am on a large lot surrounded by tall Pines and other trees. I think the biggest problem is the large Oak that is between the house and TV towers but it provides a lot of shade in the summer to the house and deck and I will never cut it down. It is not bad in the Winter but come spring it will get worse. I have considered running a long cable to the other side of the woods and attaching it to a tree. My wife’s uncle lives in the Mountains in California and bought a place in a valley where the guy had run a cable from the house to the top of top of mountain. I actually seemed to work.