Say goodbye to analog

[Admin]

The nation is going digital on June 12. Because you already enjoy 100% digital programming from DIRECTV, Dish Network, or FTA satellites, you don't need to worry about a thing. If you still have questions about the Digital Transition, you can post it here.

[be236]

Seems many of the local channels in digital will contine to broadcast in UHF, which generally, has a shorter signal distance, so it'll require a larger antenna or basically harder to get than when they are broadcasting in VHF. That's a shame... Would have liked to have them kept their VHF frequencies. Oh well.

[StevenS]

Generally the new digital off-air broadcasting channels will have better range and quality. If you need to determine what kind of antenna you need you can go to Antennaweb.Org. , put in your zip code and it will give you the data for your area.

[be236]

Generally, I've read news reports that digital signals have a lesser range than analog signals, so to compensate, TV signals boost their signal strength to make up the difference.. somewhat...

In either case, I find that antennaweb.org is not very accurate... For example, I enter my exact location and it tells me I have about 3 stations I can pick up... but in reality I can pick up like 10 stations... I find tvfool.com is much more reliable.

[smitty]

Ive been ready since before February. Ive been enjoying HD broadcasts for awhile with my setup. I'm using a antenna craft deep fringe and pulling in 15 digital channels, most of them HD! perfect for football season!

[pmb1010]

guess it's time to retire the Dumont

[StevenS]

That is correct. A lot of stations are now broadcasting with 1000kW to get the range from before. There is a great Antenna assistance website for calculating what kind of off-air antenna you need. Go to:

DTV.Gov

[StevenS]

Hey, nice looking DuMont. The national television museum is right here in Hilliard Ohio. They want to get it from you.

[Jim-S]

What's fun about OTA digital is that I can get stations that I was not able to before. Early in the morning I can scan about 12 additional stations that I would not normally get. By the time the sun comes up there gone. This is no doubt related to certain conditions.
Jim

[firecracker]

to pick up local hd stations if you have a set of rabbit ears; with the ears flattened out horz. and hook up one of those 300 ohm-75 ohm adaptors and hook it to your atsc on your receiver and scan low med & high.if you really want a good set up put the rabbit ears on the focal point of a large c-band dish and get more local channels 100 plus miles away. but also remember, all hd local waves are sent out horz! just two wires flatten out about 9 inches long and hooked to a 300-ohm,75-ohm adaptor. if you have no dish put antenna up two feet higher than your house. two beer cans with the tabs hooked to the 300-ohm-75-ohm adaptor with the cans laying down sideways and not touching ,horz, two foot higher than your house on a pole works better than any store antenna!