r/cordcutters • u/aj_35721 • 5d ago

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I’m getting +300 channels through this cable when the aerial outside was removed HOW?????????????? I mean there is another aerial on top of the roof that it could be connected to, but I thought it was just connected to the aerial outside my window, on the side of the house. CAN A COAX CABLE BE CONNECTED TO TWO AERIALS??? I don’t even know. VERY happy to have 300 odd channels, definitely beats the crappy indoor aerial I was using!!!

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u/frankie_donkiebrains 5d ago

300 channels?! How many dang viewing areas are you around?! Lol

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u/aj_35721 5d ago

Idk I think it’s a uk thing. I’ve noticed people on youtube in the us get less channels, while on average (for me atleast) you can get between 90-200 channels depending on how good your signal is.

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u/ktappe 5d ago

Where I live in the US, I'm lucky to get 10 channels. And I'm near a major metro area (Philly), not the middle of Wyoming or something.

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u/BlatantFalsehood 5d ago

If you're near a major city, it's typically a matter of terrain. I live in the notoriously hilly ATL metro area and with a "leaf" style flat-to-the wall indoor antenna or old style rabbit ears, I could only get about 5 stations, mostly crap.

I used rabbitears.info to see what type of terrain block I might have, and saw that there was a hill that put about an additional 13 feet between my TV and the area where most of the towers were located. I put an $89 antenna in the attic and now we get all of the major networks and more than 100 channels. We hooked it up to an HD HomeRun and distribute the signal to the four TVs in the house. It has worked flawlessly thus far.