HD Antenna Reception in Belvedere Neighborhood?

[KatieH]

I’m wondering if people in my neighborhood have had success picking up a good assortment of TV channels with an HD antenna. I’m near 35th and Hinds.

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[Ms Cinnamon]

I’m on 42nd and Manning, it works for me.

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[JanS]

I’m on 42nd, just east of Admiral Safeway, and I have a 30 buck indoor antenna, and it works fine. You may even get a shopping channel or two. You will definitely get religious stations, and spanish speaking stations. The major over the air channels come in loud and clear, in HD. Be sure to get an antenna that you can move around. Sometimes the signal is stronger over there —-> :)

Check out Amazon…they have a bunch…get one that has a reach of 50 miles. And yes, you can watch the Seahawks on CH. 13. Mariners? Not so much

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[valvashon]

You should get great reception on the channels that are broadcast from the Queen Anne towers (4.1, 5.1, 7.1, 16.1 and 51.1) and the ones broadcast from the Capitol Hill towers (8.1, 9.1, 11.1, 13.1 [translator on RF channel 22], 22.1, 24.1, 28.1 [translator on RF 16], 44.1. You should also get reception on the ones from Tiger Mt near Issaquah (33.1, 46.1, 56.1) although your signal strength might be lower. You’ll have real difficulty on the two from Gold Mountain in Bremerton (13.1, 20.1) but 13.1 is rebroadcast from Capitol Hill and 20.1 is the TBN station so unless you are specifically looking for religious TV you won’t miss that one.

Most of these channels have several subchannels (.2, .3, etc.,) for additional programming. 9.1 and 11.1 broadcast on the VHF band and the rest are on UHF so make sure you get an antenna that receives both VHF and UHF.

Val

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[Ponderosa]

The location of your antenna is also important, especially if you have low-e glass.

Valvashon covered the details better than I could have! I’m still a newbie to OTA.

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[JustinVP]

In Belvedere you should be great for the major network channels (4,5,7) and also 9. 13 could be tough unless you’re near the top of the hill, since it comes from across the Sound (toward Vashon). It’s a bit of a line of sight thing to get a good signal. You just might need a better antenna, or an outdoor one.

I just went down this rabbit hole to get the Olympics on channel 5, but made it work except on stormy days. I live on the “wrong side of the hill”, a few blocks West of the Junction. I had to upgrade to an old-school looking directional antenna mounted to my highest fence post, which is higher than my house.

I have a free omni-directional outdoor antenna if anyone wants it. A couple years old, but it’s good quality RCA with an inline signal amplifier. It’s this one http://a.co/3B4bsxX. If you want it email me justin(at)vanderpol(dot)org

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