Attic/Outdoor tv antenna

[00bolt]

I bought an attic/outdoor tv antenna for my son's tv in his room (doesn't have cable in there). I installed it yesterday in the attic, ran the coaxial cable. and when I did the scan, it only finds 8 channels. And Fox and NBC are missing. I get 8, 11, 21 and some of those other weather and weird channels in between.

So I went to Radio Shack and purchased this signal amplifier thing, installed it and rescanned... same thing. Still not 4, 5 and some of the others I was expecting.

Could I be doing something wrong or should I mess around and try and position the antenna on my roof or somewhere else? don't have any experience with these type things.

[CWO]

gotta move it around, the further north you are the more difficult it will be. This is either a two-person job or a case where you can take the display up in the attic with you to make adjustments and see it at the same time

[Denny]

Get the boy some cable, for cryin' out loud!

But seriously, you're just going to have to move it around, like Clockwork said.

[00bolt]

he has a smart tv with Netflix and a million movies on our network at home. that's plenty

I live in Mansfield, so I wouldn't really consider that North.

I was afraid that may be the answer. I just literally took it to the attic and screwed it into the first 2x4 I saw.

[CWO]

not north at all, the towers are in Cedar Hill, aim it there

[00bolt]

looking at google maps and where my house sits, etc. appears I actually did pretty much point it towards Cedar hill. Maybe I should mount it outside? or closer to the edge of the attic. I pretty much have it dead center of my house in the attic.

[Denny]

Mansfield seems to be a dead zone for a lot of signals. I lose my cell phone's connection a lot over there. Midlothian as well.

[ceyko]

I use OTA for my TV and reliably get about that many - most are out of the Texoma area though. If you google OTA signals, there are sites that allow you to put in your address/area and they'll show where the "towers" are so you have a better idea.