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We bought indoor antennas for the TV's and get wonderful clear reception for about 25 stations in the area. Strangely enough, WUNC TV does not come in at all. Their tower is located just south of Chapel Hill yet, I can't get the signal at all. Has anyone else encountered this problem that uses an indoor antenna? How have you remedied the problem? Do I need one of those expense outdoor antenna's to get WUNC TV? Any suggestions are appreciated.
We bought indoor antennas for the TV's and get wonderful clear reception for about 25 stations in the area. Strangely enough, WUNC TV does not come in at all. Their tower is located just south of Chapel Hill yet, I can't get the signal at all. Has anyone else encountered this problem that uses an indoor antenna? How have you remedied the problem? Do I need one of those expense outdoor antenna's to get WUNC TV? Any suggestions are appreciated.
What antenna did you buy? I bought a $50 RCA from Best Buy and it's not that great. I struggle to get many channels in. WNCN barely comes in at times.
I live in midtown/north Raleigh and get good reception with a small outdoor antenna. It wasn't expensive- only about $50. My husband first ordered a giant contraption with poles sticking out everywhere, and I told him we weren't having that on our roof, so he got this one instead: Winegard Metrostar. He took down the Dish Network dish and put the new antenna on the same roof mount.
According to TV Fool the WUNC-TV tower is 32 miles from my house and set-top antenna should be sufficient to get the signal, but in my experience it wasn't, and that's the main reason we got the rooftop antenna. It gives excellent reception of ABC/NBC/CBS/FOX/CW and some others. WUNC-TV is not quite as good and occasionally has some dropout. It's way better than with the indoor antenna, though, and comes in perfectly about 95% of the time.
We also have a Roku and it allows access to a fair amount of PBS content (free!) for streaming.
I made one of these. It works really well. I tried all of the store bought ones, even the more expensive ones, and my homemade weird looking thing is much better!
Like you, I had bought an amplified indoor antenna (RCA brand as well) that wasn't doing well picking up or maintaining a TV signal, so after doing some extensive research, bought this: AmazonBasics Ultra Thin Indoor antenna. It works great and pulls in more channels than I had before, but most importantly, I no longer get signal dropout. It's also not that ugly and relatively easy to hide. Mine sits behind my TV, against the wall with brick on the exterior, and it gets channels just fine. And, the WUNC PBS channel (especially the kids channel that my little boy watches) comes in clear and uninterrupted.
I am going to try this..I don't watch enough to justify $100 a month or more..
Right now I pay TWC about $20 a month for internet, have netflix and plan to set up a
Roku cube..
Does everyone recommend indoor or outdoor..
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