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The trees around here are taller than that. Come on Don, Don't wimp out on the tower height! At 09:43 PM 3/1/2009, you wrote: Better yet, put it on top of a 40 foot tower - where an antenna belongs! So, put a cup hook in a joist in the ceiling and hang it from that ... > > > -- OK Don W124 Di

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Better yet, put it on top of a 40 foot tower - where an antenna belongs! So, put a cup hook in a joist in the ceiling and hang it from that ... > > > -- OK Don W124 Diesels Ubuntu 8.10 KD5NRO -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

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On Sun, 1 Mar 2009 15:04:27 -0800 Jim Cathey wrote: > > Try this > > http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/01/ > > maker_workshop_pdf_dtv_antenna.html They supposedly work quite well. > > Just built it, with my son's help. Now we have two channels. > (Though the added one is marginal, you

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Try this http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/01/ maker_workshop_pdf_dtv_antenna.html They supposedly work quite well. Just built it, with my son's help. Now we have two channels. (Though the added one is marginal, you have to watch where you stand, and the antenna only brings it in when p

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This applies to outdoor antennas, of course. Unlikely to get a strike on an attic antenna, but I suppose anything is possible. Peter On Feb 28, 2009, at 11:20 AM, Peter Frederick wrote: Remember that you MUST have a proper ground AND a lightening arrester on a good ground, else you risk b

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Remember that you MUST have a proper ground AND a lightening arrester on a good ground, else you risk both a serious house fire and an exploded TV from lightening strikes. This is particularly important if you live in 'burb with no trees around. Peter On Feb 28, 2009, at 10:15 AM, Rich Th

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It's a conspiracy to get you away from the TV --- On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Jim Cathey wrote: > > SO much better than just taking the TV out of the box and > plugging it in. Yes-siree! > > -- Jim -- OK Don W124 Diesels Ubuntu 8.10 KD5NRO -- next part -- An HTM

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I'm using the ancient omnidirectional antenna my father put up in the antic 40 years ago or more for FM. Works just fine for analog (lots of snow, but good audio signal), but I'll have to put on a new antenna this spring for digital. Fortunately we have most of the transmitters off to the

Re: [MBZ] (SPAM?) Re: OT Pinnacle TV adapter

Try this http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/01/maker_workshop_pdf_dtv_antenna.html They supposedly work quite well. When I find a few minutes I'm gonna make one and put it up on the pole where an old marginal antenna is now. --R Jim Cathey wrote: How big is your antenna/rotor? Not v

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How big is your antenna/rotor? Not very. Same old rabbit ears/piece of wire on the floor/ strange circular ring on top of the house. Last I knew, you could mail order a sizable deep fringe antenna for under $200. More money to soak out of the consumer for the 'upgrade'! If all the transmit

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Peter Frederick wrote: Digital signal strength is very low currently due to FCC rules. I think the are supposed to be stronger after the switch, but I'm hoping the rules are changed. Otherwise I'll be able to see only one channel of any value (my local PBS station) instead of the three we get

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Digital signal strength is very low currently due to FCC rules. I think the are supposed to be stronger after the switch, but I'm hoping the rules are changed. Otherwise I'll be able to see only one channel of any value (my local PBS station) instead of the three we get currently. In ca

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Jim Cathey wrote: We're down to pretty much two channels: one that didn't switch yet, and the other one, which is the only DTV signal we can receive here. And it's pretty sucky, I find it very hard to watch with all the pixelation and sound dropouts. How big is your antenna/rotor? Last I knew

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We're down to pretty much two channels: one that didn't switch yet, and the other one, which is the only DTV signal we can receive here. And it's pretty sucky, I find it very hard to watch with all the pixelation and sound dropouts. Yeah, brave new world indeed. -- Jim __