[Sentoa] TV performance with convertor box

[Dan and Jeanne Adams]

Bob,

I used the existing marine antenna which was on my boat, and a Motorola converter from Wal Mart.  Works fine, although it is not optimized for all digital channels.  I have a booster on it, which runs on 12 volts, and have run the converter off an inverter on occasion, but it's a Prosine inverter, pure sine wave output.  That might matter.  Anyway, before the digital conversion, I could get no reception in my slip up here.  After installing the converter, I can receive 17 channels, including Chinese, French, Spanish, and Russian channels.

Dan Adams
Diamond Sea, 32-027
Stafford, VA

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bob Wiggins 
  To: South East Nordic Tugs Owners' Association (SENTOA) 
  Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 12:08 PM
  Subject: [Sentoa] TV performance with convertor box


  I installed the convertor box and it worked great on the existing external antenna and ampiflier on shore power.  I plugged the  tv and convertor box into the a small 350 watt invertor and It no longer would receive a signal. Now the antenna no longer works on 110V.  Don't know if the invertor hookup burned up the antenna or not.  I hooked up rabbit ears and it will pick up four stations.  It had about 12 stations before on the external antenna.  I bought the $50 flat indoor antenna from walmart and it peformed the same as the rabbit ears, so I took it back. 
  Any suggestions as to a good antenna.  I'm afraid to buy another $200 +or- marine antenna and risk burning it out. 
  Bob Wiggins
  TUGALOO
  26-149
  Clemson, SC   


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