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A better rotating antenna

Postby timotb on Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:20 am

I bought one of those $30-35 directional, rotatable digital antenna kits on ebay. The antenna itself works great. The cheap system has a remote with two buttons and an amplifier with two lights. You can't tell which way its pointing from inside, or even if it is moving period. There is a green light on in the amplifier box that supposedly indicates antenna movement, but I find it's not always truthful when the motor is stuck.

I''m looking for a better antenna rotor that can auto focus on strong signals, remember their locations and indicate the azimuth position in the house? Any thoughts? zip 44705

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Re: A better rotating antenna

Postby timotb on Wed Dec 14, 2011 4:57 pm

I cant be the only guy that has to go outside, look at the antenna to see if is moving and which way its pointed, then try and point it in the rough direction of the desired station?! My old 4DTV satellite receiver would auto focus on a signal if you were in the "ball park." Once you identified a satellite once, you could have the system remember that exact location and go to it any time.

There has to be a better way with simple TV signals.

Last edited by timotb on Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:27 am, edited 2 times in total.
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