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Forum: Help With Reception 12-Mar-2020, 1:58 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 48,655
Posted By MikeBear
You can buy an RCA 19" tv set at Walmart for...

You can buy an RCA 19" tv set at Walmart for $74.95. Once you are done with it, you could likely sell it for the same price, or keep it for future use.
Forum: Help With Reception 11-Mar-2020, 7:19 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 48,655
Posted By MikeBear
Can you run a brand new piece of coax up to the...

Can you run a brand new piece of coax up to the vhf antenna in the attic, and hook it directly to the vhf antenna only? Bypassing the UVSJ, and anything else.

Since it's on RF7, which is very...
Forum: Help With Reception 11-Mar-2020, 6:21 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 48,655
Posted By MikeBear
What does: "I have to punch it in manually" mean?...

What does: "I have to punch it in manually" mean? Are you saying if you punch in say 7.1 on your remote, it then comes in and works?

If so, then what does: "It no longer appears" mean? No longer...
Forum: Help With Reception 11-Mar-2020, 5:43 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 48,655
Posted By MikeBear
Perhaps the station changed frequencies, due to...

Perhaps the station changed frequencies, due to the repack going on? Have you rescanned your channels to see if it then comes in? What are the stations call letters? Maybe it's running lower power...
Forum: Antennas 5-Jan-2020, 10:06 PM
Replies: 112
Views: 222,442
Posted By MikeBear
Thanks Rabbit, I appreciate the info. ...

Thanks Rabbit, I appreciate the info.

Anyway, I hooked up that RCA ANT752E antenna inside my dads apt, and all UHF local channels come in fine with the antenna aimed sort of in the middle of his...
Forum: Antennas 4-Jan-2020, 10:12 PM
Replies: 112
Views: 222,442
Posted By MikeBear
Well, the Menard's store has the internet page ad...

Well, the Menard's store has the internet page ad labeled as ANT752Z, and that's what I thought I was getting. However in the store, the box is labeled ANT752E.

It's even slightly different than...
Forum: Antennas 4-Jan-2020, 12:17 PM
Replies: 112
Views: 222,442
Posted By MikeBear
The latest version of this RCA (VOXX) has out is...

The latest version of this RCA (VOXX) has out is labeled ANT752E.

The instruction manual and box photos to put it together shows a photo of the ANT751, and doesn't even quite match what the...
Forum: Antennas 4-Jan-2020, 12:13 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 8,377
Posted By MikeBear
I've never had one go bad, even 5 years later....

I've never had one go bad, even 5 years later. Regardless, I'd email Kitztech and ask them if they'd repair it. If you haven't already done so.
Forum: Help With Reception 10-Apr-2017, 12:08 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 5,631
Posted By MikeBear
Thanks! Well, I finally was able to confirm...

Thanks!

Well, I finally was able to confirm with another person locally, that they see the exact same issue with this sub channel OTA.

I'm going to email Comet Tv now.
Forum: Help With Reception 9-Apr-2017, 10:46 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 5,631
Posted By MikeBear
Hi Rabbit! It's starting to look that way,...

Hi Rabbit!

It's starting to look that way, isn't it? I had all the detailed above post prepared to post while watching this station. The issue finally occurred frequently enough in the program I...
Forum: Help With Reception 9-Apr-2017, 8:05 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 5,631
Posted By MikeBear
Intermittent interference/reception issue with RF16 WSMH-66

Last year we moved into a new house, 2 miles South of the old house (if you look up my old posts). I have now installed a new OTA antenna system at this location, which antennas are at 20ft~ at...
Forum: Help With Reception 14-Mar-2017, 6:55 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 4,424
Posted By MikeBear
New wind farm, possible OTA tv reception issues?

We have a possible new wind farm that's going to be installed in an area that will be in the middle of the signals beamed from ALL my local stations. Bay City, Saginaw, Flint DMA
...
Forum: Help With Reception 20-Dec-2015, 12:14 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 48,655
Posted By MikeBear
Looks good. However it's too closely mounted...

Looks good. However it's too closely mounted under your UHF antenna. They need to be at least 2 feet apart, and should really be 3 feet apart.

Otherwise they will interact in unpredictable ways.
Forum: Help With Reception 10-Dec-2015, 1:10 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 10,025
Posted By MikeBear
Looks to me like you need a zero at the end of...

Looks to me like you need a zero at the end of your 15 ft.

That's not a good Tvfool report, so I wouldn't get my hopes up too high.

I'm sure you'll get something, but what, and how good are the...
Forum: Help With Reception 8-Dec-2015, 8:09 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 48,655
Posted By MikeBear
That's a great antenna, I own two of them. They...

That's a great antenna, I own two of them. They are very comparable to the AntennaCraft Y5713 antenna.

I gave Holl_ands all the specs over on the digitalhome Canadian forum, and he modeled it...
Forum: Help With Reception 27-Nov-2015, 1:57 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 13,856
Posted By MikeBear
Do you let the channel scan run all the way...

Do you let the channel scan run all the way through ALL channel scan options until the end?

I also own an LG, (42LA6200) and if you abort the channel scan early, it doesn't completely register the...
Forum: Help With Reception 27-Nov-2015, 1:37 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 10,077
Posted By MikeBear
You need a signal level no lower than 0 to have...

You need a signal level no lower than 0 to have much hope of receiving it. Your -9.1, would need 9 db gain from an antenna, JUST to bring it up to zero level. You'd also need to be aimed directly at...
Forum: Help With Reception 27-Nov-2015, 1:13 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 10,077
Posted By MikeBear
Do you mean: WLFM-LP ("low power"), is only 3kw...

Do you mean: WLFM-LP ("low power"), is only 3kw broadcast power, analog broadcast AND Low VHF (your antenna can't get low vhf). That could be 10 miles away, and you wouldn't be able to receive it....
Forum: Help With Reception 27-Nov-2015, 12:30 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 10,077
Posted By MikeBear
Did you mean ABC 5.1, WEWS-TV? That's 2Edge,...

Did you mean ABC 5.1, WEWS-TV? That's 2Edge, (that means it "bounces off of two things" before getting to you) and 69 miles away from you.

That will take a large outside antenna, at least 30-40...
Forum: Help With Reception 26-Nov-2015, 7:26 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 13,856
Posted By MikeBear
What brand and model number is your tv set? I can...

What brand and model number is your tv set? I can then look up the manual, and see what options it has.

You are scanning for DTV channels in the menu? What options exactly are available to you...
Forum: Help With Reception 26-Nov-2015, 6:50 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 13,856
Posted By MikeBear
Did you use your tv sets menu, and actually scan...

Did you use your tv sets menu, and actually scan for OTA channels? You have to do a scan when you change your antenna. I can't tell you how, as you aren't giving out any info that is very useful....
Forum: Help With Reception 26-Nov-2015, 6:34 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 13,856
Posted By MikeBear
Pretty much all your main stations are very...

Pretty much all your main stations are very slightly North of EAST. Very unusual that you don't receive anything though, even with the antenna in the South window. I'd have to say there might be...
Forum: Help With Reception 25-Nov-2015, 9:17 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 17,264
Posted By MikeBear
No, though I work nights, and live my life at...

No, though I work nights, and live my life at night, lol.
Forum: Help With Reception 25-Nov-2015, 9:34 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 17,264
Posted By MikeBear
Sorry, my family was Saxon! Not Anglo-Saxon, and...

Sorry, my family was Saxon! Not Anglo-Saxon, and earlier than Anglo-Norman. My mother was from Transylvania, specifically, Siebenburgen.
Forum: Help With Reception 25-Nov-2015, 3:44 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 17,264
Posted By MikeBear
Loosely translates into something like: "those...

Loosely translates into something like: "those who think evil, are evil".
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