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Originally Posted by houman
I am about 35 miles away from them... many of my friends who live a bit closer can get CBS (WBBM) with their rooftop antenna only at certain times of the day (usually toward the night period). I read this about them...
"... Chicago's WBBM-DT is especially problematic to receive given it's low power (3.7KW-4.4KW) and the fact that it uses a low band VHF channel (ATSC Channel 3) which is prone to interference at low power ...."
I contacted their HDTV techs and I was told this:
" ... You will need an outdoor antenna to get our signal. You must have a
VHF antenna section with elements of 8-10'in length. Anything less will
not receive our signal..."
I personally can live w/o CBS  |
I dunno that sounds like a really monster antenna. Would dwarf mine. My whole ant. is about 9' long. I can just imagine 9' elements. Also not knowing your configuration are you sure channel 3 is open on your tv? Example: Sat receiver hooked via coax and set to operate on channel 3 being on would cause no CBS on that channel. Depending on the receiver some have operational TV/SAT and some do not. Could also be from a VCR not switched to TV.