Don’t try this at home! Perched high above the ground I connect the coax cable to the antenna.
I finally moved the over-the-air antenna outside, mounted it to the chimney, and connected the coax cable. I ran about 40’ of RG-6 cable from the chimney through a hole I had drilled through the exterior brick wall and floor joist into the basement of the house. I ran the cable up through the first floor into a wall in my living room via a hole I had drilled for a previous audio/video project. Once the cable was run where I wanted it to stay I removed the excess and installed the end connector. I screwed the connector onto my VIP-722 HDTV receiver Over-the-air Antenna In connection and powered on the receiver and TV
Just like before, after connecting the cable I scanned for local channels. My first scan found 30 channels and the second scan found 51 channels. After the scan was complete I reviewed the found channel’s signal strength. Below is a list of the channels and signal strength. Channels with a signal strength in the 60's provide less than desirable view, if a picture is available at all. Universal Sports is on channel 11.3 and is indicated in red.
Chnl # | Signal Strength | Chnl # | Signal Strength | Chnl # | Signal Strength | ||||
2.1 | 100% | 32.1 | 66% | 32.29 | 66% | ||||
2.2 | 100% | 32.2 | 66% | 32.30 | 66% | ||||
5.1 | 100% | 32.3 | 66% | 34.1 | 94% | ||||
8.1 | 92% | 32.4 | 66% | 34.2 | 94% | ||||
8.2 | 92% | 32.5 | 66% | 35.1 | 64% | ||||
8.3 | 92% | 32.6 | 66% | 36.1 | 75% | ||||
11.1 | 88% | 32.7 | 66% | 36.2 | 75% | ||||
11.2 | 88% | 32.8 | 66% | 46.1 | 88% | ||||
11.3 | 88% | 32.9 | 66% | 57.1 | 66% | ||||
14.1 | 60% | 32.10 | 66% | 63.1 | 87% | ||||
14.2 | 60% | 32.21 | 66% | 63.2 | 87% | ||||
14.3 | 60% | 32.22 | 66% | 63.3 | 87% | ||||
16.1 | 74% | 32.23 | 66% | 63.4 | 87% | ||||
16.2 | 74% | 32.24 | 66% | 63.5 | 87% | ||||
16.3 | 74% | 32.25 | 66% | 69.1 | 100% | ||||
16.4 | 74% | 32.26 | 66% | ||||||
17.1 | 90% | 32.27 | 66% | ||||||
30.1 | 85% | 32.28 | 66% | ||||||
I couldn’t find my compass but I know the antenna is pointed in a somewhat northerly direction.
The weather was clear with the temperature around 50-degrees when I performed the scans.
A look at the Universal Sports holiday line-up of shows makes all this work well worth the effort. http://www.universalsports.com/tv-listings/index.html
December 24th
8:00PM – 9:30PM – 2008 Ironman World Championship
9:30PM – 11:30PM – 2010 Boston Marathon
11:00PM – 12:00AM – 2007 Ironman World Championship
December 25th
12:00AM – 1:00AM – 2007 Ironman World Championship
1:00AM – 3:00AM – Women’s World Championship (Budapest, Hungary 9/12/10)
11:00AM – 12:30PM – 2008 Ironman World Championship
12:30PM – 2:30PM – 2010 Boston Marathon
2:30PM – 4:00PM – 2007 Ironman World Championship
4:00PM – 6:00PM – Women’s World Championship (Budapest, Hungary 9/12/10)
8:00PM – 9:30AM – 2009 Ironman World Championship
9:30PM – 11:30PM – 2010 London Marathon
11:30PM – 12:00AM – 2008 Ironman World Championship
December 26th
12:00AM – 1:00AM – 2008 Ironman World Championship
1:00AM – 3:00AM – Men’s World Championship (Budapest, Hungary 9/11/10)
1100AM – 12:30PM – 2009 Ironman World Championship
12:30PM – 2:30PM – 2010 London Marathon
2:30PM – 4:00PM – 2008 Ironman World Championship
4:00PM – 6:00PM – Men’s World Championship (Budapest, Hungary 9/11/10)
8:00PM – 10:00PM – 2010 Ironman World Championship
10:00PM – 12:00AM – 2010 New York Marathon
December 27th
Time?– 2010 Ironman Florida and Ironman Arizona
Ironman Florida is the race I really want to watch since I'm registered to race in 2011!
