"There's HDTV In Them Thar Hills"

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Good how-to article about over-the-air antennas and stuff:

[4/2005]
"My experiences with DTV in the past four years haven't been limited to
viewing. Having more than 30 years' experience with antennas and RF signal
propagation as a ham radio operator, I've conducted extensive field tests of
DTV reception in such diverse locations as Beverly Hills, South
Philadelphia, Midtown Manhattan, New Paltz, New York, and Portland, Maine.
Here's what I've learned:
.. DTV works better than many people (including TV station engineers) think.
.. Setting up to watch off-air DTV is more like setting up a satellite
system.
.. DTV signals can be received over far greater distances than analog TV
signals.
.. It's all in the antenna!"

http://www.ultimateavmag.com/howto/405hdtv/

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"Larry Bud" <larrybud2002@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> David wrote:
>> Good how-to article about over-the-air antennas and stuff:
>>
>> [4/2005]
>> "My experiences with DTV in the past four years haven't been limited to
>> viewing. Having more than 30 years' experience with antennas and RF
>> signal
>> propagation as a ham radio operator, I've conducted extensive field tests
>> of
>> DTV reception in such diverse locations as Beverly Hills, South
>> Philadelphia, Midtown Manhattan, New Paltz, New York, and Portland,
>> Maine.
>> Here's what I've learned:
>> . DTV works better than many people (including TV station engineers)
>> think.
>> . Setting up to watch off-air DTV is more like setting up a satellite
>> system.
>> . DTV signals can be received over far greater distances than analog TV
>> signals.
>> . It's all in the antenna!"
>
> And in the receiver. When I first got DTV, I had an old panasonic that
> required my antenna be on a rotor, and I'd have to tweak it for a
> couple of different stations.
>
> Once I went to the now defunct Voom, their box worked flawlessly. I
> NEVER got drop outs, and never had to rotate the antenna ONCE!


Huh, that's amazing.
I still have my Voom box [gathering dust in the corner], but I never even
tried the OTA input with that particular box.
Looks like it's a keeper then. :-)

We've had good OTA reception with the old RCA DTC-100 since November of '99.