So I’ve heard that you are finally ditching your cable television subscriptions and moving to getting free broadcasting television through the use of HDTV antenna. You’ve probably heard that nothing good comes from free stuffs. Well, you’re wrong. By having a HDTV antenna, you are finally able to watch free television for years to come. However, there are some tips for you to get better reception while using an antenna.
Tip #1
Location is everything. You must look for the sweet spot of your home to be able to get the best out of your antenna. Different kind of antenna requires different kind of location. It is not possible to get a good or any reception if you situate an outdoor antenna in your house.
However, once you found your sweet spot, you are able to watch TV channels for free for many hours. Location is just about everything and this includes finding a good location for placing your antenna.
Tip #2
Avoid obstructions. This is quite easy to understand. Try to avoid obstructions from the transmitter tower to your antenna. Anything can be considered as obstruction, especially trees, mountains, buildings and even bad weather can turn your perfect reception to a nasty one.
Tip #3
Place your antenna on higher grounds. It is important to place your antenna on higher grounds if you know that there are obstructions in between the transmitter tower and your antenna. Going on higher grounds not only ensure an unobstructed connection but also may be able to pick up more channels.
Tip #4
Get an antenna suitable for outdoors instead of your indoors antenna! An outdoor antenna will make sure that there is no obstruction and provide better reception. Do you know that even your walls can act as an obstruction to better reception?
Tip #5
Adding an amplifier will increase your reception. An amplifier will boost the strength of the signals which can benefit in getting more distant channels. However, an amplifier may harm your reception if you are living too close to the transmitter tower as it will increase distortion and noise to your TV channel.
What I recommend you to do is to first scan for channels without an amplifier and only get an amplifier if the result of scanning is not good.
Tip #6
Look for a professional antenna specialist to help you with setting up your antenna. Although it will be more costly to engage a specialist to set it up for you but you can make sure that the money is only a one time spending compared to getting more and more unnecessary equipment in an attempt to improve the reception. If it does, congratulations but if it doesn’t it will cost more than engaging a specialist. Moreover, engaging a specialist will more than likely solve your problem and provide you with a perfect antenna reception solution without any worries!
Do not fret, you are not alone. There are many others out there trying to solve their reception problem. I hope you are able to gain better reception by referring to this article. Have a nice day!