[NJARC] DTV Reception Map

Wed Jan 20 12:12:44 EST 2016

Recently at BJ's I saw 2 or 3 DTV antennas for sale.  Up here in Maine, between Bangor and Portland, I'm about 50 miles or so from any antenna and my neighbors don't seem to have much luck with reception.  Although, on the other hand, they're not using a dtv antenna.  Just the same, I've been considering giving it a try to get off of the cable.  I have no interest in satellite.  
What I liked about one of the selections from BJ's was the duplex antenna.  It kind of reminded me of a stacked beam set side to side.  

BTW... while we are on this subject, have you considered trees, buildings, and elevation?  I have some elevation, it's the trees that I can't see through.

Joe Devonshire  AB1YO

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From: Louis <louis2000 at att.net>
To: njarc <njarc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wed, Jan 20, 2016 11:55 am
Subject: Re: [NJARC] DTV Reception Map

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The antenna, reception and map info that I've found most useful were 
from the web sites listed below. TVFool worked best for me, pretty 
active forums provide one with feedback on what antenna might be the 
best to use. The antenna question becomes one of availabilty as OTA 
antennas are becoming a bit more scarce. Sure miss the days of 
RadioShack's on every street corner (at least it seemed that way).

tvfool.org
antennaweb.org
http://www.antennaweb.org/
http://www.antennapoint.com/
http://www.fcc.gov/mb/engineering/maps/
http://www.homeantenna.org/digital-antenna-reception-map.html

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>    4. Rearaxial Softspeaker (Bill Zukowski)
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> When you use this map, make sure you zoom in and drag the dot from where
> your zip code puts it to where your actual house is! You will see the signal
> strengths change as you move it around! 
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> Hi Joe,
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> Thanks.  
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> Now does anybody have a good antenna they can recommend  for 60 - 80 miles?  I tried a 50 mile antenna and it only picked up 3 close by stations.
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> 73, John
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> http://transition.fcc.gov/mb/engineering/dtvmaps/ 
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> Hello All, 
> I came across something that I thought might interest the group. It is a DTV or Digital Television reception map online. 
> Type in your zipcode and it will show what your digital television reception is like in your area, highlighting various stations and your 
> distance from them. 
> 
> Click on the station and it will show you where they are and their distance from your location. Kind of a digital TV DX'ers dream map! 
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> Click on the URL above for a link to the website. 
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> Enjoy and 73, 
> Joe Cro N3IBX 
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> Working on a GE Colorama radio, that has a speaker sans cone. Wanted to 
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