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<font face="Arial">Buy/build an antenna. The one on the roof
probably isn't tuned to the right freq., but you can try it (as
the </font><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial">dongle</font>
only receives no harm can be done), once you get a connector from
an electronic supply store(downtown TLV or muser etc. on the net).<br>
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p.s.: I would make sure the dongle works before, try it from the
roof, direct line of site, or get closer if you know where it is
coming from. <br>
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HTH,<br>
:-)<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2014-07-26 14:00, Amos Shapira
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi,
<div><br>
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<div>I'm asking here since I saw that quiet a few members here
mentioned using things like this in the past.</div>
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<div>I bought a USB DVB dongle for my Cubox-I running OpenELEC
(here is the item on ebay: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/251537079924">http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/251537079924</a>)
and although it's well supported and the kernel recognises it
without a hitch, scanning for channels (both through tvheadend
and command line w_scan) can't lock on any channels.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I live less than 2 km from the antennas which broadcast to
all of Sydney (~80km radius service area).</div>
<div><br>
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<div>According to the instructions at <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://baratel.com/guides/mythTV.htm">http://baratel.com/guides/mythTV.htm</a>,
the internal antenna which comes with such dongles is
worthless for more than 500m.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>But the antenna input socket is not the standard wide one
(e.g. like the one you can see in this wikipedia image: <a
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href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaxial_cable#mediaviewer/File:N_Connector.jpg">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaxial_cable#mediaviewer/File:N_Connector.jpg</a>)
but something that looks like 1 mm headphone jack with an itsy
bitsy hole in the middle.<br clear="all">
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Does anyone know how can I extend the reception for this
baby?</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I think of two main options:</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>1. Connect it to "normal"/"common" coaxial wall socket,
so I can take advantage of the antenna on the roof.</div>
<div>2. Buy a bigger internal antenna which can connect to
this weird jack.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Any pointers would be appreciated.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Thanks,</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>--Amos</div>
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