No signals

[vze59zgb]

Originally Posted by be236

Nearest TV is 50 miles away? That's nothing.. I can pick up TV (VHF, ch2 -13) from 90+ miles away... Just get a big antenna and mount it as high ast possible and aim.

As long your antenna can clear the top of most trees, you should be okay...

antennas are very trickey finding the right one is the trick i have the winegard 3rd from the most powerful have a 28 db booster mounted under
it its a uhf and vhf antenna i get 45 channels 6 hd channels live in new jersey 50 miles from new york the picture is as good as satt meaning dish net or direct tv a antenna booster is the thing it will power the signal like you would not believe i have it mounted on a pole 28 foot high with a rotor motor remote controled check winegard out and boosters hope this helps you vze59zgb

[rainman]

Originally Posted by vze59zgb

sounds good to me rainman lol

yep sometimes the simple cures fixes the biggest problems.

[elgemcdlf]

Originally Posted by MARKBOOKER

But when I did, no transponders would talk with me. I'm on a tripod mounded on a flat roof shooting over the top eve. I go to the top and peer over the eve and I seem to clear by a long shot. I go through the setup installation and have no luck, gee and it was such fun wiring and buying and placing all them LNB on a rack that I could well just !@%^ a little. Any sage advice for a guy who got in too deep?

I would do a search for Toroidal or however you spell it here in the forum. A member wrote an extensive thread concerning setting one up.