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Old 6-Apr-2010, 2:14 AM   #8
gtrippleb
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It looks like our directv bill has went up again, $90/month this time as according to them they had a price increase. So I finally decided to try out the 4221HD and see what kind of reception it had since we told Directv to go ahead and cancel our service.
I went with one 4221HD, for the time being, and the Antennacraft Y5-7-13 for TV reception. I purchased the FM-6 for FM stations which I haven't hooked up yet. I pulled the 4221HD out of the box tonight and ran about a 6 ft cable from the antenna to the tv. I then placed it against the wall pretty much behind the tv just to see what I could get. I programmed my tv and I think it recognized about 15-18 channels. Some SD and some HD channels. I even picked up some non network channel out of Greensboro but I don't remember what it is off hand. The channels that the tv recognizes but I don't get a picture for are WFMY-DT out of Greensboro and WNCN-DT out of Raleigh. Which is kind of surprising as according to TVFool, they are the same distance as some other channels I get a picture for. My assumption is that their signal may not be as strong. I was pretty surprised in the clarity of the stations. Most were better looking than what we were getting on Directv.

So I know that once I put these up on my pole which will be about 20ft off the ground, I should be able to pretty easily pick up all of the channels in a 40-50 mile radius. I haven't hooked up the Y5-7-13 yet but if I can get 40 miles out of the 4221 sitting in the house, I'm pretty sure I should be able to pick up channel 11 outside in the air. Most of the signals were between 8% and 22% according to the signal meter on my tv.

Thanks again for the info/help as it's greatly appreciated.

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