My new kitchen DTV setup!
My new kitchen DTV setup!
Amplied digital/analog/FM antenna with Best Buy gift card: $0.
DTV converter box with gov't coupon and same gift card: $0.
Co-axial to mini-jack adapter at Radio Shack: $4.99.
Bringing a 20-year-old black-and-white portable into the 21st century: Priceless.
DTV converter box with gov't coupon and same gift card: $0.
Co-axial to mini-jack adapter at Radio Shack: $4.99.
Bringing a 20-year-old black-and-white portable into the 21st century: Priceless.
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Props on your setup!
Actually, it appears standard broadcast still hasn't been shut off yet- I just turned on my 1983 Sony Watchman and I'm still getting reception. Anyone know the real shutoff date?Duper wrote:psst, UHF/VHF doesn't exist any more. or shouldn't.
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About 20 miles away, but it depends on the station. Channel 24 is kinda flaky and 18 is even worse, but 58 comes in fine.tunnelcat wrote:You must be close to your broadcaster's transmitters in order to pick up their signals with your in-the-cabinet antenna.
Thanks for all the props, guys!
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The final cutoff date is June 12, 2009 although two stations have already shut off their analog signal. I'm about 50 miles away from the local Eugene, Oregon affiliate transmitters. Here's the rat trap mess my husband and I set up in our attic.
This is our old Radio Shack VHF/UHF antenna we've originally had for picking up the old VHF/UHF analog broadcasts. We mounted a protractor on it to get the exact angle to the transmitters.
Unfortunately, the front UHF section is too small for really picking up the digital broadcasts, so we had to go and buy this UHF antenna and mount it with a mast mounted amplifier.
We had to go through all these shenigans due to the distance we are from the transmitters and all the mountains and hills that cause all sorts of multipath reception problems for us here.
This is our old Radio Shack VHF/UHF antenna we've originally had for picking up the old VHF/UHF analog broadcasts. We mounted a protractor on it to get the exact angle to the transmitters.
Unfortunately, the front UHF section is too small for really picking up the digital broadcasts, so we had to go and buy this UHF antenna and mount it with a mast mounted amplifier.
We had to go through all these shenigans due to the distance we are from the transmitters and all the mountains and hills that cause all sorts of multipath reception problems for us here.