If Your using a Antenna to watch TV
#1
Posted 09 July 2009 - 06:41 PM
Are you watching tv with an antenna ?
Are you interested in getting rid of those monthly Dish and Cable bills ?
If I can do it.. anyone can... I live 77.6 miles away from the nearest broadcasting tower !
Plus I get 5 more channels that are further away than that.
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#2
Posted 09 July 2009 - 08:43 PM
June 12th has come and gone , and if your still using a antenna to watch tv in the US your probably very familiar with the new digital signals. I live in a fringe area so I was worried that my TV reception was going to cut-off starting in April 2009 because thats when the analog stations where going to shut down. So in Feb and March of 2009 I was scrabbling to find the latest..greatest antenna that would pick-up the new digital signal. I was not alone, HDTV web sites started popping up all over the place. I started finding/reading alot of good info on todays top antennas and by simply reading reveiws I was able to make a good choice of antenna, so when that April deadline came... I was already ..ready. TV is a tool and I just wanted to watch my local stations to catch the latest weather info and current events etc... anyway I purchased a yagi style antenna with a 30 db booster and now I have more channels to watch then I had before the transtion.... and in HD quality
Are you watching tv with an antenna ?
Are you interested in getting rid of those monthly Dish and Cable bills ?
If I can do it.. anyone can... I live 77.6 miles away from the nearest broadcasting tower !
Plus I get 5 more channels that are further away than that.
So what is a yagi style antenna?
#3
Posted 10 July 2009 - 10:29 AM
Good question, I think they call it a Yagi because thats the name of the company or person who invented it ?. The Yagi is for picking up UHF signals only tho. It looks like a V but turned sideways.
If this link dosnt work you can look-up radio shack u-75r antenna on Google.
U 75R Antenna Link
If you or anyone else is interested in switching back over to the ole antenna days... but with Digital Quality you might want to enter your address or Long and Lat at this site... www.tvfool.com
depending on where you live, you could get free tv from a rabbit ear antenna. I just up-graded my Yagi style antenna to something that looks like a movie prop from a Lost In Space episode
its and Antennas Direct Model 91XG.
I hope this helps.
Bubs
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#4
Posted 10 July 2009 - 12:40 PM
So, any idea how I can get all the local channels to be "located" by that TV?
#5
Posted 10 July 2009 - 03:54 PM
#6
Posted 10 July 2009 - 07:16 PM
You must live in a city that has a population of more than 15 people to get that kind of reception
Tammy,
After June 12th your favorite channel might have switched from VHF to UHF, The best thing to do is go to www.tvfool.com or www.antennaweb.org and put in your address or your GPS info (long and Lat) you can find your long and lat at google maps. After you find out want your Fav channel is broadcasting in..either VHF or UHF then you can choose the proper antenna. I prefer outdoor antennas because they provide the best coverage of available channels... here is a link to a outdoor antenna that is not such an eye sore and provides alot of coverage in VHF and UHF.
Tammy's Antenna
I hope this helps.
Bubski
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#7
Posted 11 July 2009 - 12:24 AM
#8
Posted 11 July 2009 - 08:59 AM
#9
Posted 11 July 2009 - 10:24 AM
I hope this helps.
Bubski
Edited by Bubble2Bubble, 11 July 2009 - 10:27 AM.
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#10
Posted 13 July 2009 - 07:45 PM
Bob,
You must live in a city that has a population of more than 15 people to get that kind of reception
Bubski
With the transfer I have lost ABC & PBS
Yeah Phila has a few more than 15 people
#11
Posted 14 July 2009 - 10:58 AM
Thats all I have are Rabbit ears.
You must keep them tucked up under your hat!
"just your average Joe from Minnesota, also known as Keith"
#12
Posted 18 July 2009 - 10:43 AM
Bob could probably put a paper clip in the back of his converter box and get most of the Phily stations..Swear !
I read it on a HDTV forum.... You can trust everything you read on the Internet ...right ?
Mike
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