[opendtv] Re: ATSC experience

If your antenna is aimable you may find it works best not aimed quite 
dead on for channel 11.  ATSC is just sort of quirky.  As I have often 
stated here, I'm not very satisfied with 8vsb but, if I put my mind to 
it, I can usually manage to get most necessary channels with a little 
tinkering.

- Tom

Albert Manfredi wrote:
> Tom Barry wrote:
> 
> 
>>Glad to hear you are enjoying your Accurian Xmas
>>present.  I think I mentioned a few days ago I still
>>considered that mostly a winner, at least at that price.
> 
> 
> Thanks, Tom.
> 
> I rather obsessed over whether my ghosts tended to
> be leading or lagging, before hoping for good ATSC
> reception, specifically because I am not at all convinced
> that the Accurian is anything more than a decent 3rd
> gen receiver. I have seen no test results for it, so I'd
> hate anyone to assume it was a 4th or 5th gen product
> that somehow went unnoticed.
> 
> 
>>I'm sure you have mentioned it before, but could
>>you again describe your existing antenna situation.
> 
> 
> Chimney mounted large log periodic, aimed NE,
> additional smaller UHF aimed NNE, omni VHF. We live in
> a sort of shallow valley, so downstairs reception with
> indoor antenna is not that good.
> 
> I tried without the antenna amp yesterday, and got
> less signal. I tried the indoor antenna downstairs, but
> could not get close to a window with the cable I had
> on hand, and got no reception.
> 
> The weird thing is, I get some breakup on full power
> Balt NBC 11, but strong reception of other Balt
> stations including WB 54, which is less than full
> power. I'll go search out the current status of these
> stations. My info might be obsolete.
> 
> I know that analog NBC 11 was grainy, and analog
> ABC 2 (also Balt) was usually unwatchable. Now ABC
> 2 is clear and sharp. And NBC 11 works best when it
> rains.
> 
> For your info, we are south of the Wash DC area,
> toward Mt Vernon, so reasonably far from Balt
> transmitters.
> 
> Bert
> 
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