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#166564 06/03/09 06:20 AM
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A lot of my purchases give limited results. However, we recently bought a signal booster for our outdoor antenna in the country. 75 or so miles from the D/FW TV stations meant that TV was a hit and miss deal depending on cloud cover. I installed it and we have never gotten such good reception on all channels. I am very pleasantly surprised.


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What brand Dave? I need one also. Was going to post a review soon on Bo-Jo light and Sweeney Bigmouth. So far (couple weeks) both have performed flawlessly! Want to give them a couple more weeks first.

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DD, is that for the new digital transmissions? If so, please list some product info. There is one Columbus station we have never been able to get digital reception on at all, and some of the others are sometimes iffy.


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If it wasn't digital I bet he got a good deal??????

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 Originally Posted By: ahvatsa
If it wasn't digital I bet he got a good deal??????

... for a short time.


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I just bought a new antenna at ace hardware for about 100 bucks.It looks like a big frisbee and it works fantastic.It is digital.
Oh,by the way,as the wind was blowing 50 knots the day I put it up,and Im scared of hights,its only 4 ft obove my roofline.


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Theo, it is a digital signal with a non digital TV on a plain antenna. I'll get the info next time I'm at my place and post it. So far, I haven't hooked up the converter box.

Al, I don't remember the price but nothing in a small town is cheap.

I also have an antenna rotator that helps. I go one direction for D/FW stations and rotate the other way for Wichita Falls. Like Tom, my antenna isn't as high as I would have liked it. With the heavy rotator up there I worry about wind and the only way I have to guy it off is trees which isn't recommended.

If this hadn't worked, I was going to look for one of the antennas that Tom told me he had bought. As much as I hate to say it, I'm finding that if Tom G says it, I had better pay attention. Of course, some of his knowledge seems to come as "Man, I'm sure not going to try that again.".

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Dave,first,the antenna I got was omnidirectional.Second,that comment ussually follows the statment"Here,hold my beer and watch this"


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"I also have an antenna rotator that helps. "

Me too. Channel locks.

Look forward to more info.

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 Originally Posted By: ahvatsa
Me too. Channel locks.


There is almost nothing worth owning that you can't fix with a hammer, a pair of channel locks, a role of bailing wire and/or a roll of duct tape.


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Guy's, I put a big directional antenna on the cabin 6 years ago, it's 60 miles to utica and 80 miles to syracuse tv stations. The reception wasn't that great so I put 2 signal amplifiers in series and the stations came in great.

The station in Utica went digital in Feb. but I wasn't sure how the old antenna and amplifiers would receive it. I just recently hooked up the converter box and the station comes in fantastic, so I guess old antennas and amplifiers work fine with digital.



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Channel Lock, a subsidiary of Tenna Rotor. Yea, the digital antenna, amps is all hype. The antenna element lengths are based on thr freq. of the stations, which didnt change. Also the amps are amplifying the modulated 1s and 0s, instead of complex video/audio waveforms. The old stuff will work just fine, but you do have to have the converter box.
So, why do I pay over $100 per month for satellite? I dont know.


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The only thing I miss when I go to the cabin is fox news, but I can get the truth when I get back home to satellite tv.



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I always wondered if digital antennas were something like metric Crescent wrenches.

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What's wrong with metric cresent wrenches? I own 2 of them, a left handed one and a right handed one.


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Finally got a chance to look at the product I'm using for reception. It is from Radio Shack and named Channel Master.


It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.

Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done.

Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP

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