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AfterMyNap 03-21-2010 10:35 AM

TV Antenna Discovery
 
As an official Cable/Satellite boycotter, I have elected to spend money elsewhere and get my digital TV via antenna.

My issue was that the upper spectrum (ch 8 & up) of VHF requires rabbit ears spread wide and long, while the lower spectrum (ch. 2-7) requires the rabbit ears set short and parallel.

I've spent some frustrating time fiddling and moving, scanning & rescanning but could never get both upper and lower VHF to come in with one configuration.

Then it hit me: compound antennae! I took a second pair of rabbit ears, set them for lower and attached them to the other set that are set for the higher spectrum. Success! I went from 12 to 20 channels!

By not connecting the UHF wire from the second antenna, my UHF remained undisturbed.

LOL, if only I watched more TV. ;) But, this is an under $10 help that might serve others, hence, I post. :)

Victor H 03-23-2010 12:02 PM

Great idea!

Jomar 03-23-2010 12:25 PM

Is that with using the digital converter box?

Or just over the air.. you can pick up the channels?

We won't pay for cable or dish or direct TV either.

just have roof top antenna & rabbit ears & the converter boxes.
Portland OR channels

we get digital channels-
2.1
2.2
6.1
8.1
10.1
10.2
10.3
10.4 FM radio
12.1
22.1 {multiple 22. but only watch 2 of them}
24.1 {multiples of this channel but don't watch them}
32.1
32.2
49.1
there's a couple more but dups or not watched by us so I removed them from the channel viewer

MelodyL 03-28-2010 07:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jo*mar (Post 635891)
Is that with using the digital converter box?

Or just over the air.. you can pick up the channels?

We won't pay for cable or dish or direct TV either.

just have roof top antenna & rabbit ears & the converter boxes.
Portland OR channels

we get digital channels-
2.1
2.2
6.1
8.1
10.1
10.2
10.3
10.4 FM radio
12.1
22.1 {multiple 22. but only watch 2 of them}
24.1 {multiples of this channel but don't watch them}
32.1
32.2
49.1
there's a couple more but dups or not watched by us so I removed them from the channel viewer



I remember when TV used to be FREE!!!

SIGH!!:mad:


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