I was thinking about possibly posing a TV question when I checked my mail to find this thread. lol :)
I live on the Hendersonville side of Gallatin. I get pretty good reception from some internal antennas and one with a signal amplifier / spliter to Silicon Dust. Not without some minor problems, especially in upper UHF channels. (And for whatever reason, 6 or 8 depending on antenna knob setting.) Channel Master had (until recently...) a nice tool that was similar in function to http://www.antennaweb.org/Address.aspx but produced nicer PDF output / aiming information (and of course recommended which antenna you should buy from them). I would like to get 31.1 but to start off wanted to be sure they were still broadcasting first. It would likely would require an external antenna to even possibly get them (which the wife isn't sold on for wanting one more channel / fixing channels we don't watch). Apparently only UVerse carries 31, Comcast doesn't according to the network website. Can anyone verify they are still live? Can anyone get it with an OTA antenna (and where are you)? Paul On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 2:36 PM, Chris McQuistion <cmcquist...@watkins.edu>wrote: > I tried a fairly expensive semi-directional antenna mounted in my attic a > few years ago. There was one channel that absolutely wouldn't come in and > another channel that was sketchy. I also tried a smaller omni-directional > antenna and got even worse performance. Mounting an antenna outside is not > an option. > > As for me, I can just go cable-card, but this isn't an option for > everyone. I was hoping there might be a less expensive/complicated > solution. > > Chris > > > On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 2:32 PM, David R. Wilson <da...@wwns.com> wrote: > >> From Smyrna you should be able to pick up all of the Nashville stations >> fairly well. Did you have the antenna outside and in the clear (above >> rooftop level)? >> >> Dave >> >> On Fri, 2014-02-28 at 11:56 -0600, Chris McQuistion wrote: >> > Good suggestion. Did that. Highly recommend that site to anyone >> > thinking about using an antenna. >> > >> > >> > On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Wesley Duffee-Braun >> > <wduf...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Be sure to check out antennaweb.org - shows the direction and >> > distance of signals reaching your address. >> > >> > On Feb 28, 2014 11:51 AM, "Chris McQuistion" >> > <cmcquist...@watkins.edu> wrote: >> > We installed an antenna at our office in Nashville, >> > but we're having a problem picking up the local ABC, >> > though we can get the other local channels. >> > >> > >> > At home, I live in Smyrna, and I'm just a little too >> > far out to get good reception on all channels.... >> > >> > >> > On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 11:47 AM, Gibson Prichard >> > <gib...@prichard.tv> wrote: >> > Your best bet for those locals is an antenna, >> > which has no recurring cost. >> > If you can't stomach the thought of an >> > antenna, Comcast has Digital Terminal >> > Adatapters (DTA) available, including an HD >> > version with HDMI out for a nominal fee. >> > I was hit with this at my office this week and >> > we opted to go with antennas in lieu of the >> > DTA boxes, but we have over 80 television sets >> > that would need those boxes and that was too >> > much. >> > >> > Gibson Prichard >> > Nashville, TN >> > gib...@prichard.tv >> > >> > >> > On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 11:35 AM, Evan Brown >> > <nog...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > This most likely comes from the >> > retransmission consent contracts with >> > the ota providers. Comcast probably >> > now pays the ota providers for >> > retransmission but stated they are >> > shutting down the unencrypted feed. I >> > would research things outside of >> > Comcast with this situation as they >> > may not be the evil culprit here. >> > >> > On Feb 28, 2014 11:29 AM, "Chris >> > McQuistion" <cmcquist...@watkins.edu> >> > wrote: >> > I've received some letters >> > from Comcast lately, >> > explaining that they were no >> > longer going to be >> > broadcasting any analog >> > channels over the wire and >> > clients would need cable boxes >> > (DTA's) to tune in channels. >> > I (foolishly) believed that >> > they were going to leave the >> > digital ClearQAM channels >> > alone and HDTV's with tuners >> > would still be able to tune in >> > the local HD channels (local >> > ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, etc). >> > >> > >> > It appears I was wrong about >> > that and Comcast has taken >> > away the ClearQAM channels and >> > is no longer broadcasting >> > those any more. >> > >> > >> > Anyone know what to do about >> > this? Is Comcast within their >> > legal right to do this? >> > Whether they are or not, is >> > there anything that can we can >> > do about it? I have a home >> > DVR system that records off >> > ClearQAM, as do many of my >> > friends and family. 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