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How to boost TV reception ?


grafx1

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Please, i've an Analog TV PCI card, if i had connected it to an old indoor antenna but there is no reception,

is there a way to boost TV reception, or certain indoor antennas ( i don't want to use outdoor one ) ?

also the FM Antenna came with the card is very strange: it is a wire and has a Y shape with 2 black plastics,

how to use it ?

Thank you.

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Well you could buy one of those $20-$40 antennas at Radio Shack but you're biggest boost in signal will come from using an taller antenna (I'm talking on your roof, not 1 or 2 feet).

As far as the radio antenna, just hang it from something and let it droop down.

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Get a larger antenna and you'll have better reception.

For the FM antenna, you need to hang it so that it looks like a big T:

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The two capped ends are at the top, and the end with the wires goes downward and connects to the receiver.

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You could also look into an active tv antenna (has a signal booster inside, but is better than having an antenna folowed by a signal booster as it filters the noise better). As already stated the larger he antenna the better the signal. If you had the space (and the technical know how) i would buy a 50m reel of able, put a connector on the end and leave the reel by the computer (basically having a 50m antenna)

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