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Review on TV antenna
I wanted to give some feedback on a good product. HD/DTV/UHF/VHF/FM 360° Motorized Rotating Antenna QFX Model: ANT-105 http://www.qfxusa.com/ItemDetail.cfm?ItemID=798 Many of the over the air broadcast stations are 20 - 30 miles from my residence. Which required me to rotate my Terk antenna to as many as 3 different positions. After experimenting with several positions of the antenna, I found one that pulled in good signals for about 60 stations. The instruction manual was seriously lacking and I contacted the company about it. I had to drill 2 holes in the aluminum part to complete the installation. Best regards, Andy Star Wars: The Force Awakens is very excellent. It is worth the extra $$ for the 3-D version. :-) I wish I had bought some Disney stock. :-( Modify message 71.97.193.142 Take care, Andy The Lord is close to the broken hearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. |
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On Mon, 21 Dec 2015 20:46:51 -0800 (PST), Andy
wrote: I wanted to give some feedback on a good product. HD/DTV/UHF/VHF/FM 360° Motorized Rotating Antenna QFX Model: ANT-105 http://www.qfxusa.com/ItemDetail.cfm?ItemID=798 Many of the over the air broadcast stations are 20 - 30 miles from my residence. Which required me to rotate my Terk antenna to as many as 3 different positions. After experimenting with several positions of the antenna, I found one that pulled in good signals for about 60 stations. The instruction manual was seriously lacking and I contacted the company about it. I had to drill 2 holes in the aluminum part to complete the installation. Best regards, Andy I never heard of that brand name, QFX. Where are they sold? It sounds like you could use an antenna rotor. I live in the country, and I have a rotor. The nearest stations around here are 50 miles away, (except PBS, which is 22 miles). I bought an antenna from Menards, about 12 years ago. It was their second best (costly) model. The most costly one was very pricey and seemed like it would require an actual tower becuse of it's size, rather than use a simple mast. I dont recall the brand name, but I have been real satisfied with it. I have gotten stations as far as 90 miles, but they are sporadic at that distance. But those at about 50 miles come in well. However, without my rotor, I could only get stations from one region, and there are large cities in three different locations. I put marks on my rotor control for the best signal for each of the 3 locations. I get at least 50 stations, as long as I change the rotor, but most of the time I leave it set, pointing to the nearest city (50 miles), and they have all the channels I like the best. Probably get about 30 channels. But sometimes I cant get something like a football game, so I turn the rotor. Rotors are sort of outdated, but they do work well, and are not all that expensive. But for city folks, I guess antennas are sort of outdated too. Personally, I would not pay for cable tv even if I did have it available. What I get on my antenna is plenty for me, and dont cost anything. I DO have an antenna amplifier too, and it's mounted right on the antenna. That makes a huge difference in signal strength. |
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On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 01:39:49 -0600, "Mr. Emann"
wrote: On 12/21/2015 11:38 PM, wrote: On Mon, 21 Dec 2015 20:46:51 -0800 (PST), Andy wrote: I wanted to give some feedback on a good product. HD/DTV/UHF/VHF/FM 360° Motorized Rotating Antenna It sounds like you could use an antenna rotor. What part of "360° Motorized Rotating Antenna" did you not get? :) Guess I missed that !!! :) |
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On Mon, 21 Dec 2015 20:46:51 -0800 (PST), Andy
wrote: I wanted to give some feedback on a good product. HD/DTV/UHF/VHF/FM 360° Motorized Rotating Antenna QFX Model: ANT-105 http://www.qfxusa.com/ItemDetail.cfm?ItemID=798 Many of the over the air broadcast stations are 20 - 30 miles from my residence. Which required me to rotate my Terk antenna to as many as 3 different positions. After experimenting with several positions of the antenna, I found one that pulled in good signals for about 60 stations. Where exactly do you live? The instruction manual was seriously lacking and I contacted the company about it. I had to drill 2 holes in the aluminum part to complete the installation. Best regards, Andy |
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On 12/21/2015 11:46 PM, Andy wrote:
I wanted to give some feedback on a good product. HD/DTV/UHF/VHF/FM 360° Motorized Rotating Antenna QFX Model: ANT-105 http://www.qfxusa.com/ItemDetail.cfm?ItemID=798 Advertising copy like this: "The QFX ANT-105 provides full-band DTV/VHF/UHF/FM reception while the built-in motor rotates 360° for optimal reception at 1080p, 1080i, and 720p resolution— allowing owners to view digital channels on their HDTVs in stunning detail, vibrant colors, and sharp contrast." makes me think the product is total bull****. |
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Andy:
I have only one word for antennas like the one in that ad: http://www.hdtvprimer.com/ANTENNAS/VU190.gif ! |
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Art Tedesco wrote: "- show quoted text -
Plus, with only UHF stations, you don't even need the bulk of the one pictured ... with exception of a few VHF translators that are quickly converting to UHF." Art: Please stare at that image link for one hour, nonstop, and learn what a REAL aerial looks like. Those dinky toys, including the one mentioned by the orig. poster, are just that - TOYS. Good mainly for viewers less than 20 miles, line-of -sight, from a major metro market. That is, they can SEE the Empire State or a guy-tower from their windows. Or someone living where a "real" antenna is not permitted. The only thing those weird looking contraptions are good at pulling in is money from ones wallet. Lesson over. |
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On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 04:27:50 -0500, Bud Doobie
wrote: On 12/21/2015 11:46 PM, Andy wrote: I wanted to give some feedback on a good product. HD/DTV/UHF/VHF/FM 360° Motorized Rotating Antenna QFX Model: ANT-105 http://www.qfxusa.com/ItemDetail.cfm?ItemID=798 Advertising copy like this: "The QFX ANT-105 provides full-band DTV/VHF/UHF/FM reception while the built-in motor rotates 360° for optimal reception at 1080p, 1080i, and 720p resolution€” allowing owners to view digital channels on their HDTVs in stunning detail, vibrant colors, and sharp contrast." makes me think the product is total bull****. The antenna is **** with a 10 dB amp hooked to it. I had one. You would do as well with a coat hanger. Do yourself a favor and go to MCM.com and buy a real antenna. |
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On Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at 10:31:47 AM UTC-6, wrote:
On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 04:27:50 -0500, Bud Doobie wrote: On 12/21/2015 11:46 PM, Andy wrote: I wanted to give some feedback on a good product. HD/DTV/UHF/VHF/FM 360° Motorized Rotating Antenna QFX Model: ANT-105 http://www.qfxusa.com/ItemDetail.cfm?ItemID=798 Advertising copy like this: "The QFX ANT-105 provides full-band DTV/VHF/UHF/FM reception while the built-in motor rotates 360° for optimal reception at 1080p, 1080i, and 720p resolution€” allowing owners to view digital channels on their HDTVs in stunning detail, vibrant colors, and sharp contrast." makes me think the product is total bull****. The antenna is **** with a 10 dB amp hooked to it. I had one. You would do as well with a coat hanger. Do yourself a favor and go to MCM.com and buy a real antenna. Ya better try this link, you can't access with that link. (€¢€¿€¢) http://www.mcmelectronics.com/ [8~{} Uncle Electronic Monster |
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On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 04:27:50 -0500, Bud Doobie
wrote: On 12/21/2015 11:46 PM, Andy wrote: I wanted to give some feedback on a good product. HD/DTV/UHF/VHF/FM 360° Motorized Rotating Antenna QFX Model: ANT-105 http://www.qfxusa.com/ItemDetail.cfm?ItemID=798 Advertising copy like this: "The QFX ANT-105 provides full-band DTV/VHF/UHF/FM reception while the built-in motor rotates 360° for optimal reception at 1080p, 1080i, and 720p resolution— allowing owners to view digital channels on their HDTVs in stunning detail, vibrant colors, and sharp contrast." makes me think the product is total bull****. I think the OP was spamming to draw attention to his website. Just my opinion! I dont see this antenna as having much to offer, but for $35 one cant expect much. Heck, my antenna amplifier cost more than that. I probably paid 10X that amount for my entire antenna system, (antenna, mast setup, amplifier, rotor, and all the cables & wires), but it works well, and beats paying a monthly bill for a tv service. (cable or satellite). I get a laugh out of the advertising for all antennas these days. Especially those "magic" ones they advertise on tv. They make it sound like you can suddenly get FREE tv, as if this is something new. This may work for the young generation who have never known anything more than cable or satl. tv. But any of us who have been around for decades know that there was a time when the ONLY way to get a tv signal was to have some sort of antenna, and it was always available for free, as long as we deal with their commercials. What really gets me, is their ads make it sound like getting "optimal reception at 1080p, 1080i, and 720p resolution", requires some sort of special antenna. The truth is that the antenna dont see it as 1080 or 720 reso. It just brings in the signal that the station is sending. As long as the signal is good, it all depends on the tv itself, whether it has "stunning detail, vibrant colors, and sharp contrast" or is 1080 or 720 reso. My antenna was designed for analog tv, since it's around 12 years old. They still sell the same antennas today, but now the box says it's for "Digital" and for "HDTV". What HAS changed, is that most tv signals are now UHF. Few still use VHF. So, some of the VHF elements on the older antennas are really not needed anymore. Thus, antennas could be made smaller and still be as powerful.... |
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On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 04:03:23 -0500, Micky
wrote: On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 15:23:25 -0600, wrote: I think the OP was spamming to draw attention to his website. Just my His claim that he gets 60 channels well sounded false to me. And his failure to reply where he lived. It would only take 20 stations with 3 channels each, but I don't think that much is available anywhere. Especially if you don't count shopping channels, spanish channels (unless you speak Spanish), duplicate channels. I'll stick with my suspicion that he was spamming. I have not seen any other posts from that user name, and he has not posted back. Just a cheap way to spam. I doubt the 60 channels too. I get about 25 from one location, and thats counting 10.1 10.2 and 10.3 as three channels. And I get the PBS channels twice (duplicated from two locations). I get one analog channel which is rarely in use, but always has a carrier. And I get some "audio only" *weird* channel. No picture, just sound. I dont get any shopping channel, but do get some "religious" channel which appears to be mostly a money making scam. When I rotate my antenna, I get *one additional network*. The other channels are the same as the ones in my prior location, just the news is different, and sometimes the commercials. But that location is further so I dont get as many channels. Then there's a 3rd location, which is pretty sparce do to the extreme distance. Overall, I get about 20 USEFUL channels regularly, and 3 or 4 more that only come in occasionally. This does not count the duplicated ones from other locations, or the audio only or worthless ones I mentioned above. --- One thing I miss about the analog tv, is that every once and awhile, we would get some "skip", and I could get channels from very far away. One time I got a station from about 370 miles away. I had a variable gain amplifier that I'd connect to fine tune those distant stations. But with digital TV, none of that is not possible. |
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On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 06:43:06 -0600, wrote:
On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 04:03:23 -0500, Micky wrote: On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 15:23:25 -0600, wrote: I think the OP was spamming to draw attention to his website. Just my His claim that he gets 60 channels well sounded false to me. And his failure to reply where he lived. It would only take 20 stations with 3 channels each, but I don't think that much is available anywhere. Especially if you don't count shopping channels, spanish channels (unless you speak Spanish), duplicate channels. I'll stick with my suspicion that he was spamming. I have not seen any other posts from that user name, and he has not posted back. Just a cheap way to spam. I doubt the 60 channels too. I get about 25 from one location, and thats counting 10.1 10.2 and 10.3 as three channels. And I Well sure. 3 seems the only number to me. get the PBS channels twice (duplicated from two locations). I get one analog channel which is rarely in use, but always has a carrier. And I No kidding? get some "audio only" *weird* channel. No picture, just sound. I dont I've never gotten that either. I get a weather channel, but it's nationwide weather, and I might care about the weather where my brother is, or somewhere else, but I don't care about every part of the country at the same time. To wait until it gets to my area takes too long. get any shopping channel, but do get some "religious" channel which I think I get 2 shopping channels but no religious ones. I can make t he scanning stop ony at certain channels but on this dvdr, if I allow 14, for example, then it has to include 14 point all of them, including the spanish channel. appears to be mostly a money making scam. When I rotate my antenna, I get *one additional network*. The other channels are the same as the ones in my prior location, just the news is different, and sometimes the commercials. But that location is further so I dont get as many channels. Then there's a 3rd location, which is pretty sparce do to the extreme distance. Overall, I get about 20 USEFUL channels regularly, I get more than that, counting real stations even though I don't watch them, but not 60. nd 3 or 4 more that only come in occasionally. This does not count the duplicated ones from other locations, or the audio only or worthless ones I mentioned above. --- One thing I miss about the analog tv, is that every once and awhile, we would get some "skip", and I could get channels from very far away. One time I got a station from about 370 miles away. I had a variable gain amplifier that I'd connect to fine tune those distant stations. But with digital TV, none of that is not possible. Only because weak stations don't usually show, right? Not even badly, so y ou don't know to turn up the amp. Other than that, why would it be different. BTW, I've never gotten that afaik. |
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On 12/22/2015 03:23 PM, wrote:
[snip] What HAS changed, is that most tv signals are now UHF. Few still use VHF. So, some of the VHF elements on the older antennas are really not needed anymore. Thus, antennas could be made smaller and still be as powerful.... We have one VHF channel (7) around here. -- 2 days until the winter celebration (Friday December 25, 2015 12:00:00 AM for 1 day). Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.us/ "An idea is an eye given by God for the seeing of God. Some of these eyes we cannot bear to look out of, we blind them as quickly as possible." [Russell Hoban, "Pilgermann"] |
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PaintedCow wrote: "What HAS changed, is that most tv signals are now UHF. Few still use
VHF. So, some of the VHF elements on the older antennas are really not needed anymore. Thus, antennas could be made smaller and still be as " Just leave on the elements critical to picking up FM radio. Some folks do use those aerials for it. |
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Micky wrote: ", right? Not even badly,
so y ou don't know to turn up the amp." No antenna worth the metal it's made of needs an "amp". Build enough gain into the antenna itself and you won't need to add a noisemaker to it. |
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Micky wrote:
On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 06:43:06 -0600, wrote: On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 04:03:23 -0500, Micky wrote: On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 15:23:25 -0600, wrote: I think the OP was spamming to draw attention to his website. Just my His claim that he gets 60 channels well sounded false to me. And his failure to reply where he lived. It would only take 20 stations with 3 channels each, but I don't think that much is available anywhere. Especially if you don't count shopping channels, spanish channels (unless you speak Spanish), duplicate channels. I'll stick with my suspicion that he was spamming. I have not seen any other posts from that user name, and he has not posted back. Just a cheap way to spam. I doubt the 60 channels too. I get about 25 from one location, and thats counting 10.1 10.2 and 10.3 as three channels. And I Well sure. 3 seems the only number to me. get the PBS channels twice (duplicated from two locations). I get one analog channel which is rarely in use, but always has a carrier. And I No kidding? get some "audio only" *weird* channel. No picture, just sound. I dont I've never gotten that either. I get a weather channel, but it's nationwide weather, and I might care about the weather where my brother is, or somewhere else, but I don't care about every part of the country at the same time. To wait until it gets to my area takes too long. get any shopping channel, but do get some "religious" channel which I think I get 2 shopping channels but no religious ones. I can make t he scanning stop ony at certain channels but on this dvdr, if I allow 14, for example, then it has to include 14 point all of them, including the spanish channel. appears to be mostly a money making scam. When I rotate my antenna, I get *one additional network*. The other channels are the same as the ones in my prior location, just the news is different, and sometimes the commercials. But that location is further so I dont get as many channels. Then there's a 3rd location, which is pretty sparce do to the extreme distance. Overall, I get about 20 USEFUL channels regularly, I get more than that, counting real stations even though I don't watch them, but not 60. nd 3 or 4 more that only come in occasionally. This does not count the duplicated ones from other locations, or the audio only or worthless ones I mentioned above. --- One thing I miss about the analog tv, is that every once and awhile, we would get some "skip", and I could get channels from very far away. One time I got a station from about 370 miles away. I had a variable gain amplifier that I'd connect to fine tune those distant stations. But with digital TV, none of that is not possible. Only because weak stations don't usually show, right? Not even badly, so y ou don't know to turn up the amp. Other than that, why would it be different. BTW, I've never gotten that afaik. Ever heard of a hobby called TV DXing? Do you know any amp. which can only amplify signal? |
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Tony Hwang wrote: "- show quoted text -
Ever heard of a hobby called TV DXing? Do you know any amp. which can only amplify signal? " I heard of DXing, just not in the TV context. I'm just providing advice for how to pull in the ballgame, that's all. And anything that requires amplification to achieve that goal is just adding noise and is a waste of money. One circumstance where it may be necessary is where you have a rooftop antenna like the one In my image link, and are feeding 4-8 devices, I.E. 4 TVs and 2 recorders/DVRs. In that case you run power to your attic, so the amp is as close to antenna is possible. Coax into the amp, and out of it into the splitter, and out into the rooms. All RG-6, by the way. Good digital reception is an all- or-nothing proposition - unless you live within visual range of the transmitters. |
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wrote in message ... No antenna worth the metal it's made of needs an "amp". Build enough gain into the antenna itself and you won't need to add a noisemaker to it. An amp mounted at the antenna can sometimes help. It is difficult to make an anetenna large enough to have enough gain to overcome a long coax run. Even the rg-6 coax has a large loss at the digital frequencies. If the signal is not amplified at or near the antenna, the amp may not help. Sometimes a low gain antenna is wanted because the patern will be larger. That way the antenna will not need to be rotated. Then the amp will help out in that case. |
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On Thu, 24 Dec 2015 09:58:49 -0500, "Ralph Mowery"
wrote: No antenna worth the metal it's made of needs an "amp". Build enough gain into the antenna itself and you won't need to add a noisemaker to it. An amp mounted at the antenna can sometimes help. It is difficult to make an anetenna large enough to have enough gain to overcome a long coax run. Even the rg-6 coax has a large loss at the digital frequencies. If the signal is not amplified at or near the antenna, the amp may not help. Sometimes a low gain antenna is wanted because the patern will be larger. That way the antenna will not need to be rotated. Then the amp will help out in that case. My antenna amplifier is not noisy at all. I get excellent picture and sound. It's mounted right at the antenna. My nearest tv stations (except PBS) are all at least 50 miles away. Without the amp, I only got half the stations I get with it. It was not real costly, I think it was around $40 or $45. Well worth the cost! |
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Ralph Mowery:
Sorry. Just that I'm more conservative(in a common-sense way) about technical matters than certain members of Congress are about everything else(!). That's why I push big-ol jet airliner shaped antennas whenever someone I know wants to go OTA, instead of those weird shaped $19.95 price-point profit leaders. I'm s'damn conservative I still have a Pro- Logic surround receiver at the heart of my entertainment system! Why? Modern receivers don't have enough analog(rca) inputs to connect all of my *perfectly- functional-analog-audio-sources-thank- you-verymuch!* to them. There's more HID-ME jacks on the back than I know what do do with. lolol! |
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Ralph Mowery:
Sorry. Just that I'm more conservative(in a common-sense way) about technical matters than certain members of Congress are about everything else(!). That's why I push big-ol jet airliner shaped antennas whenever someone I know wants to go OTA, instead of those weird shaped $19.95 price-point profit leaders. I'm s'damn conservative I still have a Pro- Logic surround receiver at the heart of my entertainment system! Why? Modern receivers don't have enough analog(rca) inputs to connect all of my *perfectly- functional-analog-audio-sources-thank- you-verymuch!* to them. There's more HID-ME jacks on the back than I know what do do with. lolol! |
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Ralph Mowery:
Sorry. Just that I'm more conservative(in a common-sense way) about technical matters than certain members of Congress are about everything else(!). That's why I push big-ol jet airliner shaped antennas whenever someone I know wants to go OTA, instead of those weird shaped $19.95 price-point profit leaders. I'm s'damn conservative I still have a Pro- Logic surround receiver at the heart of my entertainment system! Why? Modern receivers don't have enough analog(rca) inputs to connect all of my *perfectly- functional-analog-audio-sources-thank- you-verymuch!* to them. There's more HID-ME jacks on the back than I know what do do with. lolol! |
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PaintedCow wrote: "My antenna amplifier is not noisy at all. I get excellent picture and
sound. It's mounted right at the antenna. My nearest tv stations (except PBS) are all at least 50 miles away. Without the amp, I only got half " Make/model of your antenna? |
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On Thu, 24 Dec 2015 10:20:21 -0500, Fred McKenzie
wrote: In article , wrote: One thing I miss about the analog tv, is that every once and awhile, we would get some "skip", and I could get channels from very far away. One time I got a station from about 370 miles away. I had a variable gain amplifier that I'd connect to fine tune those distant stations. But with digital TV, none of that is not possible. Your "skip" was most likely due to a temperature inversion between different layers of the atmosphere, not the skip you get on HF frequencies like on CB. Propagation via a temperature inversion works for UHF as well as VHF, so it is still possible. The problem is that your HDTV is programmed to only see channels it found in the scanning process. You would need to re-scan during the temperature inversion in order to find more distant stations. Fred If you are really interested, you could manually add any channel that you might be likely to get if the inversion is right. UHF is pretty much line of sight tho and the problem with digital is you get it or you don't. There is no "snowy picture" stuff. These days, I suspect DXing TV is just being able to say you got a carrier. |
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Fred:
That's why I always suggest throwing the BIGGEST BADASS antenna you can at it. :) Minimize skips and pixelation. You can always add an attenuator later. |
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On 12/22/2015 1:27 AM, Bud Doobie wrote:
On 12/21/2015 11:46 PM, Andy wrote: I wanted to give some feedback on a good product. HD/DTV/UHF/VHF/FM 360° Motorized Rotating Antenna QFX Model: ANT-105 http://www.qfxusa.com/ItemDetail.cfm?ItemID=798 Advertising copy like this: "The QFX ANT-105 provides full-band DTV/VHF/UHF/FM reception while the built-in motor rotates 360° for optimal reception at 1080p, 1080i, and 720p resolution— allowing owners to view digital channels on their HDTVs in stunning detail, vibrant colors, and sharp contrast." makes me think the product is total bull****. Well it is true that OTA TV looks better than cable or satellite because it is not heavily compressed. But any decent antenna provides this, nothing in the advertised antenna is so special. I put up an antenna and dropped satellite TV and I get about 70 channels (counting the sub-channels) but about half are in Spanish, Vietnamese, Japanese, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Korean, which are not of much interest to me. |
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On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 21:38:50 -0700, Tony Hwang
wrote: One thing I miss about the analog tv, is that every once and awhile, we would get some "skip", and I could get channels from very far away. One time I got a station from about 370 miles away. I had a variable gain amplifier that I'd connect to fine tune those distant stations. But with digital TV, none of that is not possible. Only because weak stations don't usually show, right? Not even badly, so y ou don't know to turn up the amp. Other than that, why would it be different. BTW, I've never gotten that afaik. Ever heard of a hobby called TV DXing? Of course . Do you know any amp. which can only amplify signal? Huh? You don't address my question. Why would digital tv be different from analog wrt using an amp to get distant stations, like 370 miles away. PaintedCow, you're the one that said that was so, but I don't understand why. |
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Micky wrote: "Even if I could duplicate what I have now by buying an antenna twice
the size and mounting it on a 30 foot mast , why would I do that when I can get the same result with a maybe iirc $30 amplifier? " Gain theory. Maximize gain before you hit an amplifier. Otherwise you are just amplifying the effects of a weak signal. I'm about 40 miles outside of Manhattan, and I get everything out of there just fine without an amp, along with a couple stations from Long Island and NJ. |
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PaintedCow wrote: "What HAS changed, is that most tv signals are now UHF. Few still use VHF. So, some of the VHF elements on the older antennas are really not needed anymore. Thus, antennas could be made smaller and still be as " Just leave on the elements critical to picking up FM radio. Some folks do use those aerials for it. I have good desired channels on old 12 and 13 VHF. I think 5 take that space. I looked at amazon reviews on motorized product. Mixed, but mostly say cheap junk. I was always interested in that product. I can get near 40 channels on cheap indoor amplified antenna. An older RCA rabbit ears also works good. I went out to get another RCA current model for another tv. Could not get any VHF reception on 5 PBS like station. The amplified antennas seem to pick up the VHF band. I looked inside that rabbit ear base. Saw possible solder bridge, bu that didn cure problem. I returned item, and no replacement for fear of defective design. It also seemed lesser quality than the one I bought several years ago. Greg |
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On 12/24/2015 09:30 PM, Micky wrote:
[snip] Amplifiers work well and are often the best possible method of getting such stations. An amplifier can work well in some situations, but it does need a decent signal at its input. -- Currently: happy holidays (Friday December 25, 2015 12:00:00 AM for 1 day). "They call them extremists. We have our own names. We call them senators, congressman, governors, mayors, state legislators" [Ralph Reed, Christian Coalition Executive Direct |
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Sam E:
You said it! One analogy of using an amplifier with a less than ideal antenna: Trying to use the EQ on a mixing board to improve the sound of a source picked up with a poor choice of microphone or bad mic placement. Pick a better mic or relocate the existing one before trying to "fix in the mix" Same thing with the antenna: Pull in enough signal to begin with before deciding to amplify it. |
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Freddie MacK, et al:
Example of antenna to steer clear of: http://freakinreviews.com/hd-free-tv-reviews/ |
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Freddie MacK, et al:
Example of antenna to steer clear of - unless you live 20 blocks from the transmitter: http://freakinreviews.com/hd-free-tv-reviews/ |
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