Forum: Help With Reception
25-Jun-2015, 7:56 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 20,595
You are in a multipath hell, between you and...
You are in a multipath hell, between you and Baltimore are so many hills and there are hills all around you so that is working against you. But all hope is not lost.
For football you need:
Any...
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Forum: Help With Reception
19-Jun-2015, 8:53 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 13,271
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Forum: Help With Reception
10-Jun-2015, 8:20 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 10,611
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Forum: Antennas
20-May-2015, 4:59 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 38,846
HBU55 for $40
I went to my local radio shack...
HBU55 for $40
I went to my local radio shack today with everything on clearance. If you are in MD near Edgewood, you can get a HBU55 for $40, they had two. It looks like big stuff from the back...
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Forum: Antennas
8-May-2015, 6:50 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 8,685
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Forum: Help With Reception
24-Apr-2015, 6:57 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 9,508
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Forum: Help With Reception
20-Apr-2015, 8:03 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 16,267
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Forum: Help With Reception
20-Apr-2015, 7:34 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 16,267
The two groups of channels you want are nearly...
The two groups of channels you want are nearly 180 degrees apart, and most of the stations to the east are fairly strong. Three of the west stations are VHF. This looks like there are two ways to go...
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Forum: Help With Reception
15-Apr-2015, 6:46 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 7,435
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Forum: Help With Reception
15-Apr-2015, 6:46 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 7,435
LOS stands for Line of Sight. It means the ...
LOS stands for Line of Sight. It means the antenna at your house can see the antenna the TV station uses. If you could get an antenna up high enough for LOS, the received signal strength could...
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Forum: Help With Reception
15-Apr-2015, 5:38 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 6,835
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Forum: Help With Reception
15-Apr-2015, 5:03 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 6,835
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Forum: Help With Reception
15-Apr-2015, 4:56 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 7,435
Do you need ABC or MeTV (Channels 2 and 6). ...
Do you need ABC or MeTV (Channels 2 and 6). Channels 2-6 require wide antennas. Not needing them would let you use a much lighter antenna.
The satellite mount is probably on the south side of...
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Forum: Help With Reception
9-Apr-2015, 8:36 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 7,369
You don’t need much antenna in the UHF band. A...
You don’t need much antenna in the UHF band. A HBU22 is a good candidate to find a sweet spot where the Baltimore and DC stations come in without a rotor. The HBU should also get 7 and 9 from DC....
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Forum: Help With Reception
13-Mar-2015, 6:21 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 7,623
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Forum: Help With Reception
27-Jan-2015, 6:13 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 6,318
A word of warning, don’t put too much money...
A word of warning, don’t put too much money into this.
All those translators are not protected in the repack the FCC wants to do for the UHF TV spectrum. They could disappear and never be...
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Forum: Help With Reception
27-Jan-2015, 5:51 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 6,318
A “rabbit ears” antenna works best for VHF...
A “rabbit ears” antenna works best for VHF frequencies. You have UHF stations.
(http://www.rabbitears.info/ is a site with indepth data on TV stations).
The report link has a warning...
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Forum: Help With Reception
19-Sep-2014, 1:26 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 9,013
You should aim the antenna so it reliably gets...
You should aim the antenna so it reliably gets the stations you want. From your TV fool plot, 246 degrees magnetic would be a good place to start (west south west). If you have a TV you can safely...
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Forum: Help With Reception
17-Sep-2014, 5:04 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,449
Sippinhenn,
You linked to an amplified...
Sippinhenn,
You linked to an amplified antenna. On your TV fool plot the top station’s Pwr is highlighted to warn you it is very strong. An amplified antenna with the signal KNIC is giving you...
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Forum: Help With Reception
11-Sep-2014, 12:41 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 5,855
If I lived where you live, I would put a 5’...
If I lived where you live, I would put a 5’ tripod on the roof, with a 10’ length of chain-link-fence top rail cut so the total height above the roof was 12’. I would get a HBU11 and aim it at...
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Forum: Help With Reception
11-Sep-2014, 1:32 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 5,676
Either jointenna will probably work. I said 9...
Either jointenna will probably work. I said 9 because I would guess the pass and notch filters to be tighter for the slightly lower frequency. I have experience that a ch 12 jointenna passes 11, 12...
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Forum: Help With Reception
10-Sep-2014, 7:14 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 5,855
What stations/channels do you want? You are in...
What stations/channels do you want? You are in the middle of the transmitters for your market area, so knowing what stations you want will help people recommend what you need.
If you want ABC, NBC,...
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Forum: TV Fool Discussion / Database Updates
10-Sep-2014, 4:59 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 29,272
And 2 more:
3. Virtual channels, real...
And 2 more:
3. Virtual channels, real channels and antennas. An explanation of how the displayed channel does not need to have to do anything with the real channel. Also an explanation of why...
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Forum: Help With Reception
10-Sep-2014, 4:52 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 6,943
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Forum: Help With Reception
10-Sep-2014, 2:55 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 6,943
McInRantz,
Do you want WLMB-DT real CH5,...
McInRantz,
Do you want WLMB-DT real CH5, virtual channel 40.1? Rabbitears says it is a religious station. http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=wlmb
You said...
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