What does www.tvfool.com indicate? Are both of these stations hi-vhf?
If so a flat antenna might not pick up hi-vhf at 38 miles. Does the mohu site indicate that this antenna supports hi-vhf and at what distance? But there are other antennas that might. Many of these don’t come with a power injector but you can buy an amplifier.
As many people have pointed out on this forum there is one solution:
Antop 400BV mounted outside your house 
I’m not sure my landlord would let me install one of those. Any suggestions for something I can mount on the side of an outside wall, outside a window?
If your window is facing the broadcast towers, placing it on the window sill inside the house should get you good results.
The window doesn’t face the broadcast towers. It faces West. I was thinking I could mount an antenna on that wall and point it towards the towers.
See @cthompgh’s picture & placement in the “Antop Antennas!” thread (click on image below):
More reading:
Definitely some food for thought there.
Either the 800bv or 400bv (same technology). 800 is for dual connections. The VHF extension rods should help with ABC & FOX.
True, my 400BV gives me a solid signal on the Hi-VHF NBC station near me. I have the rods attached. My old Winegard Flatwave Air never could do that.
Very nice installation. Does this balcony face the antenna farm??
This photo is from an Antop promotional brochure. I do know one person who has done this successfully using flat coax to get under the door. I suspect that the success of the Antop antenna is in part due to the pleasing design of the antenna’s case which makes balcony mounting look fine.
It is a FAKE photo showing a poorly Photoshopped cutout of an Antop pasted to a stock photo of a balcony. Look no wires! Look at the shadow at the bottom of the Antop - Not real.
If you go to their website it seems all their photos are done this way “for illustration purposes.”
I did a reverse image search and here is that balcony shot without the Antop on multiple websites:
I thought the antenna was real but the house and balcony were fake…
I do have a small landing at the back door of my apartment that leads down to the shared yard where I could probably install something like this. I actually would be perfect since it would face right at the broadcast towers. But it would entail a long cable run, which I was trying to avoid. So, more food for thought on the best way to install an antenna.
The Antop comes with a preamp so a 100 foot cable run would be nothing for it. Here’s an interesting video of someone trying it in several places including a garden patio. From Tablo to router, are you using a wired or wifi connection which would influence your antenna placement?
And another placement vid:
I was in Home Depot for an unrelated errand today and came across this antenna: https://www.homedepot.com/p/RCA-Mini-Yagi-Antenna-ANT752Z/303087500.
I know y’all are all about the Antop, but I am on a bit of a budget, and I’m concerned about cable runs. I haven’t written the Antop off, by any means. Just exploring options.
At least the have a real photo of the antenna installed.
I think the Yagi is very directional. If your antennas are spread over a somewhat wider area you will need a multi-directional antenna like the Antop.
I have the Antop connected to my Tablo. But I have my old Winegard FlatWave Air FL6550A Amplified Digital Outdoor HDTV Antenna sitting on a bookcase in my office and hooked directly to a TV. Surprisingly it gets excellent reception and receives almost all the channels I get on the Antop even though it is facing a wall.
It is only $67.98 (USD) at Amazon: Winegard-FlatWave-FL6550A
Here is info on the Winegard site: Winegard Flatwave Air
Talking about internal flat panel antennas, Antennaman had a good review of the Mohu Supreme Pro ($80). He was pleasantly surprised how strong it was in his apartment. It has the shape required for VHF which is @Michael_Allbritton’s problem.
I may have solved my problem with my present antenna.
This morning, just being curious, I mounted the antenna to the window frame of my laundry room which is at the other end of my apartment and faces North. I ran a coaxial cable to my Tablo, did a channel scan and all of the Big 5 popped up in the list, including the ABC and Fox affiliates.
It looks like I did need to give it a more unobstructed view of the towers 35ish miles away. Now I just need to figure out the best way to run the coaxial cable around all the door jambs. (I think I’m gonna need more coax.)
