Help adding OTA antenna

[mAcpo]

Hello, I am new to posting here but I have been reading this forum for a week now just soaking up all the great information and tips!

I just purchased the el cheapo radioshack U-75R. I put it together, layed it in my attic and ran RG6 down to my samsung LN-T4042H with built in ATSC tuner. I was not expecting much because I am located in zip 60545 (Plano IL) and antennaweb.org has most the channels listed in the red zone. To my suprise I get everything except channel 2 (which is a very common problem even for people in downtown chicago)..

Now I would like to find out if its possible for me to somehow wire this antenna in to my existing satellite setup. I have attached an illustration of how my house is currently setup.. it was much easier to draw than try to explain with words..

Just an FYI I have an eagle aspen S-2180-CE+ (3x8 multiswitch) just laying around if anyone thinks it could come in handy for what im doing?

 

[dfergie]

to SatelliteGuys!... our spam program catches attachement posts by new members with under a certain number of posts... thats why your posts haven't gone thru... again welcome to the site

 

[mAcpo]

Thanks dfergie! And just in case my attachment did not work, heres an imageshack link:

 

[mAcpo]

thanks dfergie!

Just in case my attachment isn't working... here is an imageshack link

 

[mAcpo]

Thanks dfergie! You probably caught my posts in the spam bin I take it

Im pretty sure my attachment is viewable now?

 

[dfergie]

Your Welcome Yes approved the last 2 also

 

[dfergie]

As for your original question... only 1 OTA digital ava here and I get the HD channel from Dish so no OTA HD Here ...

 

[Jim5506]

So, are you seeing KOCT-DT now. Does KOAT have any plans to pass HD down to the little people in SENM?

 

[mAcpo]

Well here is what I ended up doing..
I figured out that it would be impossible to fish another coax cable through to the Living Room outlet, since its ran across the finished ceiling. And since I am in a town house with a very strict HOA, I can not run it outside.

If you look at my tv setup attachment in my first post, you can follow along..

I moved the master bedroom/2nd bedroom to one diplexer
And I then added the OTA antenna into the first diplexer VHF/UHF.. This means no tv for me on the loft computer, but I hardly watch it there anyway. This also means no dual tuner DVR, since I am now diplexing the OTA antenna down to the Living Room, there is no way for me to plug in to the DVR box's TV2 jack.

At least I have all my locals in HD at 85-90 percent signal (except channel 2), and a working DVR on my main TV.

Im still open to suggestions!
Thanks

 

[Peter Parker]

Can you diplex? Not sure what provider or receivers you have

 

[oljim]

If you have dishnetwork you can not use the 3x8 sw, with all the diplexers and splitters in that mess your signal in going to be nill and most TVs

 

[Tower Guy]

To my suprise I get everything except channel 2 (which is a very common problem even for people in downtown chicago)..

Such problems are common because of UHF only antenna installations.

 

[dodge]

Matt
Channel 2 is Hit or miss , even with the big antenna I have , The winegard HD8200p , cbs 2 is spotty. That vu90xr should work well in the attic. I have one on my roof and gets everything except cbs 2 fine.