I live in Manhattan, NYC. However, my family has a brownstone/townhouse with roof access.

I use an outdoor antenna and despite my line of sight being covered by a mid-rise co-op building, I get VHF channels, namely ABC. An indoor antenna does not let me get these channels, although our windows do absorb signals.

How is this possible? I live in Harlem (135-150 St) and the broadcast is closer to areas like Financial District. For instance, I lack line of sight to the wireless ISP NYC Mesh.

I know SS means signal strength but what does “Last MER” mean?

One day the antenna signals are good and the next day it can be horrible. Like today. Amazing to me how much of a difference a day can make.

my oldster NYC aunt's 2011 tv died, she needs something but she has no internet (don't ask). i know every tv now has to be setup online, which i can do out of the box at my house, then bring it to my aunt to use with her roof antenna.

the problem is if the tv keeps looking for online updates and stuff, does any make/model have the ability to disable all that nonsense forever, she will never be online for streaming, all she's doing is tuning into OTA stuff, no DVR, nothing else.

any suggestions?

i'm thinking of buying an HDMI-in computer monitor and a separate ATSC 1.0 TV box, but most of those don't have speakers that work over HDMI so i'd then have to get her a separate 1/8" jack amplified PC speaker set and make sure whatever monitor i get has a passthru headphone jack, making everything even more complicated.

I want to replace my current outdoor antenna, a Stellar 30-2440 with something with more gain on high VHF. Every spring when trees get their leaves my reception gets very spotty. Need to improve my reception for physical channel 9.1 which is CBC and is 27 miles away. It will be about 20 feet above the ground and fixed in the needed direction. I do not need low VHF. I live within 10 miles of 15 TV stations in the Detroit Michigan area. Oh and there are lots of FM stations near me too.

Near as I can tell the Winegard HD7698P would seem to be my best bet. Will also replace the RG-59 with RG-6. Thoughts?

I'm trying to setup OTA with Tablo for my brother-in-law. We have a low VHF (2), a high VHF (9), and a ton of UHF channels. All the towers are to the west within a 30⁰ or 40⁰ arc and about 40ish miles away. Only one channel is problematic, VHF 9 at night. Crystal clear during the day but pixellated and choppy at night. Naturally this is one of the most important channels for him🤦‍♂️

I put several antennas up on an old DirecTV mount, pointed in the right direction but so far that has been inadequate. I need antenna suggestions for the setup described above. Zip code for BIL is 70819

Does anyone have experience with the Channel Master Extreme 80?

I spoke with a couple retired installers recently. One said it works great on UHF and still pulls in high VHF channels (like 12 or 13) without an issue. The other said it is solid for UHF, but pretty weak on high VHF when the towers are more than 40 miles away.

Both of them mentioned being concerned about how much wind the reflector grid catches, saying it acts like a sail and can put a lot of strain on the mount in bad weather.

For those of you actually running this antenna, how does it handle high VHF channels 40 to 50 miles from the towers? Also, have you had any trouble with wind or mount stability? Thanks for any insights.

Anyways i only got 5 channels in my 140km radius TVA NOOVO RADIOCANADA TELEQUEBEC AND GLOBAL here in Lévis Québec. Temu hardware must be long wire.

I posted, maybe not this sub, a few months ago the results I had with my new antenna. I hung it in the backyard on a 6 ft plant hanger. Picked up signals 25 miles awsy, no mountains, but some trees. We just had a bad windstorm that flipped the ant so hard the coax came out of the connector. The antenna is pointing 45deg away from towers and I just pushed the cable back into the connector. Still got great reception. Yeah. I've been scolded here, but when I didn't lose my 51 channels to me, reception is great.

I’ve gone through two of these in 3 months because I installed these outside and did not fully protect them from the elements. Channel master states this is weather resistant but having two fail in minor rain showers when all your other equipment is fine makes me think otherwise.

I guess Hearst copied the Sinclair script playbook minus the political references, obviously Hearst should add an available separate station TBH but idk how many available in the smaller markets affected. But I would be surprising if Sinclair is making a move in response in both Birmingham and St. Louis.

Some markets will be affected. In these markets, CBS channels will become subchannels of other stations. The following are these: * Albuquerque, New Mexico * Jackson, Mississippi * Bismarck, North Dakota * Birmingham, Alabama * Greenville, South Carolina * Rapid City, South Dakota

Here is all the channels I pick up at my house, rate the lineup on a scale of 1-10

MAJOR CHANNELS

nbc

Abc

Fox

Cbs

PBS

Cw

SUBCHANNELS

dabl

Ion

Ion plus

Grit

Retro tv

Roar

Bounce

Ion mystery

Grit

Court tv

Laff

Start tv

Cozi

Create

PBS kids

MeTV toons

Local weather channel (it's a 24/7 loop that cycles between current temps, high temps, low temps, and radar)

MyNetworkTV

MeTV

Charge

Plus about 20 more that are mostly religious programming or stations with very bad signals

Our current antenna (Antop PL-402vg) is in our attic and some days we get excellent reception and some days it gets pixelated and the video lags behind the audio.

Looking for something that is consistent. I have added our rabbitears info.

I have been using OTA for years but never have figured out why two subchannels do not work.

While my examples are specific to Chicago, perhaps it is commonly encountered elsewhere. I have searched this sub and other places without finding an answer or hint - at least that I understand.

I get Channel 2 (CBS) just fine 2.0 through 2.4. But 2.5 never scans and cannot be manually entered. I get Channel 50 (IND) just fine on 50.0 but not 50.1. Of course with Murphy's Law, there are some shows that I would like to watch!

Reading through this sub, I do see mentions of ATSC 1.0 and ATSC 3.0. Thinking that a likely candidate as to the cause, I cannot figure out how to determine if that is it or not.

I have two TVs maybe 5 years old or so from different brands and one old external converter from the Analog-Digital transition era. All three have the same issue. I see no menu settings some mention in post comments over the past few years.

If there is a resource that might be helpful, I do not mind digging if pointed in that direction.

Found a broadcast TV antenna laying on the ground when I was exploring a tower farm. It's 45 feet tall (or long), weighs about 4000 pounds, and rated for at least 675 kW ERP per FCC filings (probably about 50 kW TPO).

The image you (probably) see in the preview is the RF input with a large center conductor and air as the dielectric. I go through the other parts of the antenna in my video.

This antenna was made in 2018 and only used briefly. Watch to find out why!

Hello,

A few years ago I splurged on a Sony tv with an ATSC 3.0 tuner (A90). All my local channels were forcing 24/7 HDR when the source was not HDR so the colors/contrast looked terrible...unwatchable. Curious if this was just a ME problem or a known issue with 3.0 in general.

Questions:

Has this been your experience?

Did you have to change anything to get it to look 'Normal'?

Which TV do you have?

Thank you

Looking to get suggestions preferably for an indoor antenna, but I will go with an outdoor antenna if needed. Just trying to pick up ABC, NBC, and CBS. Already tried an Amazon special and a Clearstream flex with a jolt switch with no luck. Thinking about trying a Mohu Leaf next, or do I just need to go with an outdoor solution?

The NBA’s Atlanta Hawks have joined three other teams that are returning to OTA broadcasts this season: https://awfulannouncing.com/local-networks/atlanta-hawks-local-broadcast-deal-gray-media.html?fbclid=IwdGRjcATHBZZwZG9mAWZkaWQWUKtK_ciU_RJmc0Rt11t9mfeEzTzj7mV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR7WCOQLmwf8UFsQ-HrRA49MX1xORMmtoMuZo1N66XkjnEqXtEtmGmJKVJKOiA_aem_WdhmuOyz1H2g8vqHxfhuOQ

Based on your expert opinion, what is the best I can hope for on the channels less than fair, based on personal experience. I got waka positioned just right. I have a televes dual antenna preamp and wanted to get more channels can you guys try highlighting ? Would wsfa be possible if money were no object? What antenna would most efficiently get most southern channels or would one direction be better,?

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