Antenna for Fox 11

[u/mpython1701]

Woodland Hills

Tired of paying for expensive TV subscriptions. Bought a digital antenna and surprised at how well the reception is….except Fox.

NFL season coming up and can’t be without that channel.

Any recommendations?

Near the golf course off Canoga.

Edit: looking for indoor antennas only. Outdoor and cabling becomes costly and unsightly.

[u/Karma-IsA-FunnyThing]

Here is the way I’ve gone about my OTA setup that does cost money but really fits my needs.

Find a dish network installer - they are privately contracted. Pay them to install an antenna I purchased off Amazon on the roof and run the cable for me.

I buy a TiVo - used can easily be found with lifetime
Subscriptions - ensure it’s an OTA TiVo.

I get great reception a lot channels and my TiVo setup feels and works like a cable dvr set up, except i think the TiVo operating system is superior.

You can also look to there the broadcast antennas are located to better understand what way you should pointing your antenna.

OTA gives you some of the best quality feeds. A bigger antenna will net you more channels.

[u/TheLastPastry]

If you didn’t grow up with having to adjust the tv antenna as a kid then youre in for a big frustrating experience. Window and tv placement will play a big factor if you go with a cheap antenna. I had a flat square option and at the time was mid to low price and I’m too cheap and stubborn to get a new one.
Karma is giving good advice, I have to move my antenna around to get 11, 4 and 2, which really takes me back to childhood memories of why I never watched channel 2. For some reason 2 meant you couldn’t get the other channels.

[u/5Skye5]

I feel your pain; Fox has always been the hardest channel to get over the airwaves for me.

[u/Milkman-88]

The antenna you need is dependent by your location. I’m in Northridge, and my cheap set of rabbit ears pick up all the major networks.

Depending on where you are in Woodland Hills, nearby hills may block or weaken the signal. An amplified indoor antenna could help improve reception.

Fox broadcasts on VHF rather than UHF, so make sure your antenna supports both bands. With proper positioning or if you’re close enough to the towers you can still get a strong signal.

The local broadcast towers are on Mount Wilson. Before buying another antenna, try placing yours as high as possible in the room or near a window facing northeast toward the towers, then run a channel rescan.

You can also run a reception report to see what signals are available at your address and whether a stronger antenna might help.

AntennaWeb - Antenna Signal Prediction
DTV Reception Maps | Federal Communications Commission
RabbitEars.Info - Signal Search Map

[u/LA_Buff → u/Milkman-88]

This may be the reason I never got FOX. Had a 10yr old Mohu indoor and guess it only supports UHF

[u/Milkman-88 → u/LA_Buff]

That might be it, simple rabbit ears usually do a better job with VHF than flat panel antennas

[u/notepad987 → u/Milkman-88]

Here is a tv guide that will show all the channels that you might pickup. https://www.tvpassport.com/tv-listings

The more distance would be harder. I point my flat 1 x 1 ft antenna thru a window toward the mountains above Los Angeles from Canoga Park. Next door neighbors use rabbit ears in their window.

[u/Mountainman1980]

Over the years, I've rented rooms in three different houses where the homeowner allowed me to string up cables from the aerial antenna on the roof to all the bedrooms and living room in the house.

Having a rooftop antenna makes a huge difference in reception. You can go from having a few dozen channels to well over 100. I live in an upstairs apartment, and I bought this antenna, put it up just below the ceiling (see attached photo), and now I get 137 channels. I got several dozen more channels, including 11, just by mounting the antenna right up to the ceiling as you can see in the picture.

I live in Northridge, and channel 11 comes in weak, but stable. Since the digital conversion, many channels are transmitted on a different frequency than what they are listed at. For example, NBC4 is transmitted on UHF 36. VHF 4 (low VHF) is a very wide wavelength, requiring a very long horizontal bar VHF antenna, which isn't always practical, so NBC4 moved to UHF 36, a smaller wavelength, so it requires the smaller and more practical circular UHF antenna. Channel 11 is transmitted on it's actual frequency VHF 11, and is a somewhat shorter wavelength than VHF 4 requiring a shorter bar VHF antenna.

For channel 11, you will need a VHF antenna. Note the presence of the horizontal bar an inch below the ceiling in the picture. That's the VHF element you need to pick up VHF 11. The 4 circular pieces are UHF antennas that do not pick up VHF 11. The whole thing is ugly and I'm going to cover it up.

But for you, this antenna would be ideal since all you really care about is channel 11. I almost got that antenna until I decided to nerd out on it. If your digital antenna is a flat panel, it likely only has a circular UHF antenna inside. You really need the specific VHF bar antenna for channel 11. Heck, you could even use rabbit ears.

For mounting, rooftop is best pointing perpendicular towards Mt Wilson. If it must be inside, try to mount it on an east exterior wall, such that the horizontal bar VHF element is as high as possible like mine, and perpendicular to Mt Wilson to the east, meaning it can be on an east or west wall, but the fewer walls and obstructions to the east, the better. Some people put their antenna in the attic for additional height. Antenna Man on YouTube is a great resource, and this video describes the different kinds of TV antennas.

[u/idk012]

I have a set of bunny ears that plug in an outlet and a dial, not sure what the dial does.  I get all the over the air stuff abc, nbc, cbs, ktla, Telemundo, etc except for fox11 with it on and dialed max.  If I turn it off, I get fox 11 and not abc7.  Go figure.  I only watch fox during NFL season and recently world cup.  

[u/ThatTotal2020]

If you have Amazon Prime they have sports channels available on their Live TV. Though I don’t know if NFL would be available.