Round Rock, TX (New House)?

[LER]

Ok, antennaweb doesn't seem to know the exact address, so based on the zip, here's what it says:

* yellow - uhf KXAN-DT 36.1 NBC AUSTIN TX 195° 14.2 21
* yellow - uhf KVUE-DT 24.1 ABC AUSTIN TX 196° 14.5 33
* yellow - uhf KNVA-DT 54.1 WB AUSTIN TX 195° 14.2 49
* yellow - vhf KAKW-DT 62.1 UNI KILLEEN TX 305° 21.7 13
* yellow - uhf KEYE-DT 42.1 CBS AUSTIN TX 196° 14.5 43
* yellow - uhf KLRU-DT 18.1 PBS AUSTIN TX 192° 14.2 22
* lt green - uhf KNCT-DT 46.1 PBS BELTON TX 3° 32.7 38

Recommendations from the assembled masses?

 

[mdonnelly]

Silver Sensor, unless you speak Spanish. All the stuff you want is UHF, in the direction of Austin.

 

[Jim5506]

For rock solid reception I would recommend a 2 or 4 bay bow-tie UHF antenna mounted at least 5 ' above your roofpeak pointed SSW toward Austin.

Or duct tape the silver sensor to your chimney - just kidding.

Outside is ALWAYS better, bigger is better, higher is better.

 

[Barney]

LER,
You need a UHF & VHF (FOX is now full power on 7.1). You are only around 14 miles from the towers in Austin. I have a friend living in RR & is using an Terk indoor antenna (I'm using a double bow-tie from Radio Shack & I'm 12 miles). It is sitting right next to his JVC HD-ILA & he gets not only Austin's but can turn & get Kelleen etc. Here's a link to what it looks like:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001FV36E/102-3601277-5149716?v=glance&n=172282

Barney

 

[martin1]

I am in Brushy Creek North right off 1431. I have a outside ant.(about 25 years old) just above my house about 30ft from ground. and get every thing with a strong signal. Just for kicks I hooked up a cheapo inside rabbit ears with a uhf loop on it and got everything just about as strong as the outside ant.(not quite but close.) I have a LST 4200A stb. Ps. I don't have a ant. roto but I can turn my outside ant. around 180 degree and got most of the Waco stations.

 

[LER]

martin1: I'm gonna be in Villages of Brushy Creek (end of Liberty Walk Dr from O'Connor). Sounds like an inside combo will work for the HD OTA Locals.

Thanks!

LER

 

[korsjs]

go with the inside first. if that does not work, return it and go bigger.

 

[LER]

go with the inside first. if that does not work, return it and go bigger.

Yeah, that's what I'm figuring. It'll probably be jan/feb before I go HD, unless I get an unexpected cash infusion.

Thanks for all the info.

LER

 

[martin1]

Good Luck
I don't even look at this forum. This is first time. I usually just go down as far as the Dishnetwork or Directtv forum as I have had both. C-band before that. I think you are about 2 miles closer as the crow flys as I am so You shouldn't have any problems. Here is a good forum to look at for answers. It has a local forum for Austin Tx.
www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/forumdisplay.php?forumid=6