<div dir="ltr">Thanks everyone for chipping in.<div><br></div><div>Once I learned the name of the connector (MCX) and based on this and finding that the "regular" plug is called also "Type N" I found a "pig tail" converter and ordered it (<a href="http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/121310526140">http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/121310526140</a>).</div>
<div><br></div><div>Tomer - why wouldn't the roof antenna be useful. Is it about the TV signal type? Antenna type? Or is it because I live so close to the transmitter that you expect that the signal strength is not the issue?</div>
<div><br></div><div>BTW - so far I tested the dongle facing the transmitter almost directly - next to the front balcony glass door, with perhaps only the balcony rail blocking it from direct line of sight.</div><div><br>
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<div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>--Amos</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 27 July 2014 01:09, Tomer Cohen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tomer@gmx.net" target="_blank">tomer@gmx.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Roof antenna could not be very helpful in your case, but you can buy an active antenna or place the current one near a window. As for the antenna connector, you can buy a cheap adapter; I bought this one: <a href="http://www.dx.com/p/lwj-023-mcx-male-to-tv-female-antenna-adapter-cable-black-17-5cm-207418" target="_blank">http://www.dx.com/p/lwj-023-mcx-male-to-tv-female-antenna-adapter-cable-black-17-5cm-207418</a><br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 2:00 PM, Amos Shapira <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:amos.shapira@gmail.com" target="_blank">amos.shapira@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr">Hi,<div><br></div><div>I'm asking here since I saw that quiet a few members here mentioned using things like this in the past.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I bought a USB DVB dongle for my Cubox-I running OpenELEC (here is the item on ebay: <a href="http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/251537079924" target="_blank">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></div><div>According to the instructions at <a href="http://baratel.com/guides/mythTV.htm" target="_blank">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 href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaxial_cable#mediaviewer/File:N_Connector.jpg" target="_blank">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><span><font color="#888888">-- <br>
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