Re: TV picture quality problems

gcotterl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote in news:1150131720.702983.157190
@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com:

The Terk TV38 is a Large Uni-Directional HDTV Antenna measuring 149.75"
L x 111" W x 31.5"H.

Since my "attic" is really only a crawl-space -- about 4 feet between
ceiling and roof -- how can I "keep all the antenna elements as far
away as possible from everything (joists, roofing, pipes, chimneys,
etc)"?

Holy cow! I had no idea your antenna was such a monster. Forget what I
said about putting it in your attic--it won't fit. (My attic antenna was
a yagi, only a few inches high, that would fit your attic too.)

You might try (temporarily) raising your Terk antenna off the roof by a
few feet and swinging it around a bit, looking for max signal. That will
give you some info about how much signal you have to work with at your
location.

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