better antenna for a USB DVB-T dongle?

[Amos Shapira]

Thanks everyone for chipping in.

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 (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/121310526140).

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?

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.

Cheers,

--Amos


On 27 July 2014 01:09, Tomer Cohen <tomer at gmx.net> wrote:

> 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:
> http://www.dx.com/p/lwj-023-mcx-male-to-tv-female-antenna-adapter-cable-black-17-5cm-207418
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 2:00 PM, Amos Shapira <amos.shapira at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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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>
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> Tomer Cohen
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>



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