As previously posted, we finally dumped Speculum.

First, with our old 1080 HD 42 inch Toshiba, we went with Sling (Blue) and hooked up an indoor DTV antenna with an inexpensive amplifier.

Mixed result with the antenna. We did get 65-ish over-the-air channels. But, no WESH, Channel 2, which was not a big deal because we NEVER watch it. The down-side was that WFTV, Channel 9 (ABC), was hit-or-miss with occasional periods of interrupted audio and moderate pixelation; all of which was a complete NO GO as far as Mrs. Dingpatch was concerned (we watch the local news and she is locked in to Good Morning America)!

For Black Friday we upgraded to a 55 inch Samsung smart 4K set for the living room and purchased a moderately priced indoor/outdoor antenna for the attic. Great reception, except for the same problems with WFTV (and no Channel 2 WESH)!

Well, we were receiving WFTV just fine on the kitchen TV which was hooked up to a home-made antenna that I came up with after watching some YouTube "How To's". The kitchen Tv got WFTV just fine but did not get WESH at all (no big deal).

So, anyway, this morning I got up into the attic and swapped the antennas for shits-and-giggles. Now the living room gets 67 over-the-air channels, receives WFTV just fine, and also gets WESH clear-as-a-bell! My dingpatch made antenna is much better that the store bought one!

I guess that the major take away from this is that the crappy looking home made antenna is well worth the cost of materials and a little bit of hands-on labor.

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Edited: 01/16/2019 at 08:59 AM by dingpatch