I have the Zenith.

I also live in the fringe area and I am in the process of erecting an
antenna tower.

I bought the big bertha of antennas and a good rotor.

With my old setup my reception was marginal but when I added the converter
box it was worse. When I studied the signal propagation I realized that it
was a problem with my antenna, hence the change.


Check out http://www.antennaweb.org/aw/welcome.aspx

This web site will allow you to predict reception in your area.

Also if your neighbor has a tower and a rotor you might be able to bring
your box to their TV and give it a test.

Good luck.


--
Roger Shoaf

If knowledge is power, and power corrupts, what does this say about the
Congress?
"Jimw" wrote in message
...
When I got my coupons, it was near impossible to even find a DTV
converter in the stores. I finally had to drive a long distance to
buy and Apex converter which was the only one available, and I only
had 2 days left before my coupons expired. I was not impressed by
this converter, at least as far as reception in my rural area. Of
course I live in a fringe area, and I can not get much for stations.
The nearest station is 50 miles, and it gets further for others. I
use a fairly decent rooftop antenna, which is about 24feet from the
ground, and I have a rotor.

What I was getting was one channel (from 50 miles) that worked on and
off, and would fade in and out, and some days did not come in at all.
The only channel that worked all the time was one of the PBS channels
(and their secondary channels). Note: On analog, I get 5 channels
well, and 3 more that are fair to poor.

A elderly relative lives in a large city, and I took my Apex converter
over there and hooked it up. She was satisfied with it, and she needs
something real simple, being elderly. So, I told her to keep that
one, and give me her coupon. Now I want to buy one that will work in
my fringe rural area, and there are piles of them in the stores. I'm
trying to determine which one to get. My biggest concern is getting
one that will get the best reception in a fringe area.

Please post which converter yoiu have and rate it. Are yoiu
satisfied, or dissatisfied? What are it's pros and cons? And in
particular, how well does it perform in a fringe area?

Thanks

Jim