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will_mcfarland · Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 8:07 pm Post subject: Need a good TV antenna

I've got a DTV adapter for my laptop and have used walmart antennas in the past with it, but they don't provide good reception.

I want an antenna with at least decent reception that I can attach to a tree or the vantop, etc. maybe with a magnet on the bottom that I can remove and store away after each use. I hoped maybe someone on the forum has had a good experience with an antenna and can point me in the right direction. I have looked a bit online but there is no way to tell if one will have decent reception or not.

I would like to like to keep the price $35.00 or less, if possible.

Any help would be appreciated!
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bandett · Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 3:41 pm Post subject: antenna

I have had this on for a year now and it works great.
if it broke I would buy another one.
very small , I bought it at wall mart.
But it does require power for the booster.
it comes with brackets and coax cable so no need to buy anything else.
here is a link so you can read the specs and reviews yourself

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=0h&oq=phillips&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GWYE_enUS261US261&q=phillips+sdv2940

will_mcfarland · Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 3:49 pm Post subject:

thanks, I will consider that one. I would prefer one that requires no power, but I guess I won't be getting an excellent signal without one of those "power injectors." I could mount this thing on a hiking pole and stick it in the ground.
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PYSCHOWard · VanDweller Joined: 11 Oct 2009 Posts: 147 Location: NW, PA

I plan on puting a 22 or 24" flatscreen in the van this summer for the wife, she'll watch Dvd's mostly but it would be nice to get a local station for weather maybe.
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David Hair · Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:16 am Post subject:

I don't have the link now but there is a utube about building a DIY antenna for digital TV. Try doing a UTube search for tv antenna.
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caper58 · Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 1:19 pm Post subject:

Here's the Youtube link I used to build my homemade DTV antenna. I was using a $68 antenna that was amplified when I found the video. This bets the purchased one hands down, I'm now getting 36 channels compared to 16 with the $68 one. If you read the posts on the video, it seems to work for most everyone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWQhlmJTMzw
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