Forum: Help With Reception
8-Aug-2014, 2:10 PM
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Forum: Help With Reception
8-Aug-2014, 1:50 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 15,249
Another question may be “how high can you put...
Another question may be “how high can you put the antenna?”
Is your house in an area with an HOA? Does the city/town/county you live in have any restrictions on antenna height?
If you could...
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Forum: Help With Reception
7-Aug-2014, 4:05 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 60,124
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Forum: Help With Reception
7-Aug-2014, 2:24 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 41,383
TV fool’s reception charts are only estimates...
TV fool’s reception charts are only estimates from a model. Sometimes the real world is different from the model. Other models are available.
If you use rabbit ears, the signal prediction can...
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Forum: Help With Reception
7-Aug-2014, 1:51 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 60,124
On paper, the Antennacraft 10G202 has 1db less...
On paper, the Antennacraft 10G202 has 1db less UHF gain than the New 7777, but it may have lower noise. It is also less expensive. I do not have experience with either the 7777 or the 10G202, I...
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Forum: Help With Reception
5-Aug-2014, 6:03 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 60,124
You said you get CW on (virtual) channel 2. ...
You said you get CW on (virtual) channel 2. WKTV, real channel UHF 29, has NBC on channel 2.1 and CW on channel 2.2, so I assume that is what you are getting. That makes sense, it is the strongest...
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Forum: Help With Reception
5-Aug-2014, 3:09 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 12,346
Do you have issues watching RF7 at night? Is...
Do you have issues watching RF7 at night? Is this a problem that needs to be fixed?
The VHF retrofit kit is just a dipole. A dipole has a very wide reception pattern. If there is noise...
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Forum: Help With Reception
4-Aug-2014, 8:10 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 14,580
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Forum: Help With Reception
4-Aug-2014, 6:13 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 11,749
The plot you provided is only resolved to the...
The plot you provided is only resolved to the bock level. Assuming it is accurate of your location:
In general, I am against indoor antennas. If you are dead set on an indoor antenna, A leaf may...
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Forum: TV Database Updates
4-Aug-2014, 5:52 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 18,787
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Forum: Help With Reception
4-Aug-2014, 5:45 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 14,580
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Forum: Help With Reception
29-Jul-2014, 3:12 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 14,417
If www.rabbitears.info is accurate about the...
If www.rabbitears.info is accurate about the stations near you, many of the LP/Translators are not on the air. http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=w22dq That does...
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Forum: Help With Reception
25-Jul-2014, 9:15 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 35,230
How is the tower supported? Is there a gable...
How is the tower supported? Is there a gable bracket? Does it have a tilt down base.
Does the tower appear to be in good physical shape? Is there rust? Are any sections bent/bowed/compromised?...
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Forum: Help With Reception
25-Jul-2014, 2:34 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 35,230
Looking at current versus pending the Canadian...
Looking at current versus pending the Canadian channels change a lot. There is also the possibility the Canadian information TV fool uses is out of date or incomplete. With that being said, it may...
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Forum: Help With Reception
25-Jul-2014, 1:59 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 35,230
How many TV’s do you want to use? A single TV...
How many TV’s do you want to use? A single TV with an antenna on a rotor is much simpler and less expensive than multiple TV’s/DVR’s/HTPC’s with filters to merge signals from multiple markets.
If...
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Forum: Help With Reception
24-Jul-2014, 8:26 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 30,071
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Forum: Help With Reception
24-Jul-2014, 7:16 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 20,573
I have no experience with C-band FTA, but there...
I have no experience with C-band FTA, but there are people on the forum at http://www.satelliteguys.us/ that could tell you what would be involved in getting ion. From reception charts it looks like...
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Forum: Help With Reception
24-Jul-2014, 6:08 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 20,573
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Forum: Help With Reception
14-Jul-2014, 1:48 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 12,058
What stations do you want?
If you just need...
What stations do you want?
If you just need ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CW, MyN, ION and PBS from a single market then a HBU11 pointed at 338 degrees true would be all you need. That should easily do a 4...
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Forum: Help With Reception
11-Jul-2014, 7:58 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 30,071
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Forum: Help With Reception
11-Jul-2014, 5:27 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 29,596
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Forum: Help With Reception
11-Jul-2014, 5:17 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 30,071
If www.rabbitears.info is correct, W27AU-D is a...
If www.rabbitears.info is correct, W27AU-D is a translator of NBC WJFW-TV. ( http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=w27au ) W27AU-D is a UHF station so your DB8e will...
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Forum: Help With Reception
11-Jul-2014, 4:59 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 54,280
With the 100’ run, a splitter and having a...
With the 100’ run, a splitter and having a channel on RF50 (higher stations have more loss in the coax, 50 is near the top of the current TV channels), a preamp makes sense. I recommend a RCA...
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Forum: Help With Reception
10-Jul-2014, 8:39 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 54,280
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Forum: TV Database Updates
13-Jun-2014, 12:04 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 17,151
no RF 27 WGAL translator in Red Lion PA
WGAL is not going to build the RF 27 UHF translator in Red Lion PA, file number 20090824ADX. (It would have been on the same tower as WGCB).
It had come up on Pending applications on my TV fool...
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