better antenna for a USB DVB-T dongle?

[Amos Shapira]

Hi,

I'm asking here since I saw that quiet a few members here mentioned using
things like this in the past.

I bought a USB DVB dongle for my Cubox-I running OpenELEC (here is the item
on ebay: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/251537079924) 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.

I live less than 2 km from the antennas which broadcast to all of Sydney
(~80km radius service area).

According to the instructions at http://baratel.com/guides/mythTV.htm, the
internal antenna which comes with such dongles is worthless for more than
500m.

But the antenna input socket is not the standard wide one (e.g. like the
one you can see in this wikipedia image:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaxial_cable#mediaviewer/File:N_Connector.jpg)
but something that looks like 1 mm headphone jack with an itsy bitsy hole
in the middle.

Does anyone know how can I extend the reception for this baby?

I think of two main options:

1. Connect it to "normal"/"common" coaxial wall socket, so I can take
advantage of the antenna on the roof.
2. Buy a bigger internal antenna which can connect to this weird jack.

Any pointers would be appreciated.

Thanks,

--Amos
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