http://www.dbstalk.com Post OTA (over-the-air broadcast reception) related support questions and feature requests here. en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:53:43 GMT vBulletin 60 http://images.dbstalk.com/dbs-images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.dbstalk.com http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=168543&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:02:18 GMT Hi guys i"m trying to build my own home made hanger VHF/UHF OTA antenna,my question is,is this worth it and will i get good signal with this type of home made antenna or I'll be better off with similar pursued antenna?
Thanks in advance


http://www.tvantennaplans.com/opt/1.html ]]> Dish Network™ OTA Support and Discussion Forum Ivtec http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=168543 http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=167943&goto=newpost Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:23:50 GMT Not a huge deal - really found money, if you will. I had a set of powered rabbit ears that I hooked up to my new Samsung plasma. I am about 40 miles north of Atlanta, and I wanted to see if the... Not a huge deal - really found money, if you will.

I had a set of powered rabbit ears that I hooked up to my new Samsung plasma. I am about 40 miles north of Atlanta, and I wanted to see if the rabbit ears would simply pick up Atlanta channels. I have really struggled in the past pulling in OTAs, but I haven't really tried in the past year or so - not a huge need.

Well, I went through and scanned, and I pulled about six channels of which I didn't recognize the call letters. So, I googled the results and I'm getting multiple channels (e.g. 15-1, 15-2, 15-3) from places like Montgomery (AL) Birmingham, Chattanooga, and Huntsville (AL). What makes it even more interesting is that I got nothing from my Atlanta channels. The cities I hit are from as far as 200+ miles away.

Now, I have a pretty good idea why this happened as far as hitting channels that aren't local and not hitting the ones nearby - the power is too strong to hit the locals. I get that part. I guess I'm just stunned by pulling in channels from hundreds of miles away!!!

Did the digital transition have anything to do with this? Any thoughts anyone?

Thanks in advance!
Jack ]]> Dish Network™ OTA Support and Discussion Forum sarfdawg http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=167943