[UC] Antennas, indoor, for TV reception - advice sought

2005-02-25 Thread John Desmond
Salutations, gentlefolk, I need to get an indoor TV antenna. Am on the second floor, here in West Philly - would have a view of the Roxborough transmitter towers if 'tweren't for the houses across the way. Advice sought, many thanks in advance. Yours, John Desmond You are receiving this be

RE: [UC] Antennas, indoor, for TV reception - advice sought

2005-02-25 Thread Jonathan Cass
free), contact me off list. Jonathan A. Cass -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Desmond Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 8:59 AM To: univcity@list.purple.com Subject: [UC] Antennas, indoor, for TV reception - advice sought Salutations

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Re: [UC] Antennas, indoor, for TV reception - advice sought

2005-02-25 Thread William H. Magill
On 25 Feb, 2005, at 10:36, Jonathan Cass wrote: I would recommend that you check out the Terk line of antennas: www.terk.com I have not used their indoor models, but did use one of their outdoor models (Terk-50??) and it worked very well. BTW, I have a Terk TV-42 (for use on a Sat. dish) that I a

Re: [UC] Antennas, indoor, for TV reception - advice sought

2005-02-27 Thread Michael Hesson
I, too, have heard good things about Terk. I just bought a RadioShack model 15-1880 (an amplified, uhf/vhf/hdtv indoor antenna) which is working extremely well in my second floor, south-facing living room. It pulls in several more channels than plain rabbit ears/dipole antenna, and it has imp

Re: [UC] Antennas, indoor, for TV reception - advice sought

2005-03-01 Thread emko
Here's what I did. I also connected the antenna to the VCR. It works very well for very cheap. --Maggie -- Go buy a set of rabbit ears that has *only* a coax connector on the back, throw the cable supplied with it in the bin for 'twist ties'. Also buy an inexpensive surge suppressor that has a c