Hello all,
As some of you may have noticed, I have been posting many questions over the last week regarding receivers and antennas. I purchased a Motorola HDT-100 last week along with a Jensen Amplified VHF/UHF combo antenna. According to antennaweb.org, I have 7 stations available, 6 stations are 25 miles away, and the 7th is 45 miles away. I was very disappointed with the results using the Jensen antenna - I was only able to get three stations (all from the 25 mile category). The other three would not come in at all no matter how I positioned the antenna (and I held no hope whatsoever of receiving the last station).
Thus, I returned the Jensen in favor of a Zenith Silver Sensor. I wasn't expecting the results to be any better and had pretty much given in to the fact that I would be spending the rest of this week installing an aerial UHF in the attic and running the cable to the basement in order to watch the Superbowl in HD this Sunday. But to my amazement, I put the Silver Sensor on my Kitchen table and it picked up all seven stations without a hitch the very first time through the scan. I only had it hooked up to a standard TV in the living room to test the antenna(s) so I haven't actually tried it downstairs on the DTV yet; I have a feeling it will work as long as I leave it on top of the TV (but if not, I will hook up the 50 ft. coax and place it upstairs on the ledge pointing to the window).
Just wanted to post the results here for all to see; I have seen many posts on the Silver Sensor and many people seem to have good luck with them. I am now a member of that group - I do have a fairly clear line of sight to the towers (plus I live in Kansas, no mountains to be found) and I am pulling in stations 25-45 miles away with the antenna inside on my kitchen table. I am a believer in the Silver Sensor!!!
Mark
As some of you may have noticed, I have been posting many questions over the last week regarding receivers and antennas. I purchased a Motorola HDT-100 last week along with a Jensen Amplified VHF/UHF combo antenna. According to antennaweb.org, I have 7 stations available, 6 stations are 25 miles away, and the 7th is 45 miles away. I was very disappointed with the results using the Jensen antenna - I was only able to get three stations (all from the 25 mile category). The other three would not come in at all no matter how I positioned the antenna (and I held no hope whatsoever of receiving the last station).
Thus, I returned the Jensen in favor of a Zenith Silver Sensor. I wasn't expecting the results to be any better and had pretty much given in to the fact that I would be spending the rest of this week installing an aerial UHF in the attic and running the cable to the basement in order to watch the Superbowl in HD this Sunday. But to my amazement, I put the Silver Sensor on my Kitchen table and it picked up all seven stations without a hitch the very first time through the scan. I only had it hooked up to a standard TV in the living room to test the antenna(s) so I haven't actually tried it downstairs on the DTV yet; I have a feeling it will work as long as I leave it on top of the TV (but if not, I will hook up the 50 ft. coax and place it upstairs on the ledge pointing to the window).
Just wanted to post the results here for all to see; I have seen many posts on the Silver Sensor and many people seem to have good luck with them. I am now a member of that group - I do have a fairly clear line of sight to the towers (plus I live in Kansas, no mountains to be found) and I am pulling in stations 25-45 miles away with the antenna inside on my kitchen table. I am a believer in the Silver Sensor!!!
Mark