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Posted by Mark Lloyd on October 10, 2007, 11:24 am
On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:45:27 -0700, trader4@optonline.net wrote:
>> On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 09:20:28 -0700, trad...@optonline.net wrote:
>> >> Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
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>>
>> >> > > Try cheapest solution first- rabbit ears. Radio Shack, or even local
>> >> > > thrift store. If all the stations you want are within 20 miles or so,
they
>> >> > > may work well enough.
>>
>> >> > > aem sends...
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>> >> > This site just confirmed why I have cable. Nearest stations to me are 28
>> >> > miles, most are 40, but the ones in my state that I prefer to watch are
all
>> >> > over 50 miles.
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>> >> That's a problem in the hilly northeast, not so much in the flatter
>> >> parts of the country.
>>
>> >As part of the overall consideration, I'd factor in that NTSC
>> >broadcasting over the air is scheduled to be turned off in less than
>> >18 months. So, at that point, you'd need an antenna appropriate to
>> >received digital,
>>
>> The same antenna that works with analog will work with digital.
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>Oh, really? If he installs a VHF antenna for NTSC, which is
>apparently what he want to watch right now, it's gonna work with
>digital ATSC, most of which is UHF? Afraid not!
The difference between VHF and UHF is NOT the difference between
analog and digital I was discussing. There is still no such thing as a
"digital antenna".
> Plus in some parts
>of the country, the transmitters for the 2 can be in different
>locations.
Never heard of aiming?
> I don't think he wants to mount a VHF antenna, only to
>find out in a year and a half that he needs UHF and the place he
>mounted the mast is blocked from the direction of the ATSC
>transmitter?
>
Many antennas have both VHF and UHF. Anyway, nothing to do with the
difference between analog and digital.
>That's why I suggested antennaweb.org, so he can get it right.
>
Good idea. Still there's no difference in antennas for analog of
digital.
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>> >as well as a TV with an ATSC tuner or an external
>> >ATSC tuner/converter to use with older TVs.
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>> >Antennaweb.org has lots of good info.
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>> --
>> 78 days until the winter solstice celebration
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>> Mark Lloydhttp://notstupid.laughingsquid.com
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>> "I have found Christian dogma unintelligable. Early
>> in life I absented myself from Christian assemblies."
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76 days until the winter solstice celebration
Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com
"I have found Christian dogma unintelligable. Early
in life I absented myself from Christian assemblies."
-- Benjamin Franklin
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