T&T: HDTV antenna

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After trying a couple 'special' inside HDTV antennas, I had the best luck 
with a plain old pair of rabbit ears to get in most channels - as Al, 
mentions, there is nothing special in the antenna for DTV; they just need to 
designed for a certain frequency band and there are both UHF and VHF local 
digital channels out there.


Greg Steckel
M/Y Different Drummer
President 35 Sundeck
Fairlee Creek, MD

www.chesapeakebayboater.com
www.fmyc.org

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Al Thomason
  To: Trawler and Trawlering
  Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 10:45 AM
  Subject: Re: T&T: HDTV antenna


  Keep in mind that not all DTV / HDTV signals are on UHF; depending on your
  location you will find UHF and/or VHF space being used.
  http://www.dtvanswers.com/dtv_antenna.html


  You can check out your own area here:
  http://www.antennaweb.org/aw/welcome.aspx

  It will show what is being used in your area, keep in mind that some
  stations will change in Feb (ala some will move their current temp DTV 
from
  UHF to VHF..)  So, watch for that.


  And if you intend to travel, best to get a UHF / VHF antenna.

  Also, this is just Plain Old UHF / VHF, nothing special needed for HDTV!
  Just get a good antenna.  Digital TV receivers do tend to degrade poorly 
on
  weak signals (ala dropped frames, dropped sound) vs. 'old' Analog TV where
  it jsut gets fuzzier and fuzzier until you can not take it any more.  So, 
in
  that way, Digitial TV does 'require' a better antenna system.

  -al-