Excellent. Thanks for all the great help, Bert. -Jay > From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> > Reply-To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 11:08:27 -0400 > To: "OpenDTV (E-mail)" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [opendtv] Re: DTV TUNER > > Jay Cordova wrote: > >> It will be rabbit ears in an apartment in Sterling, VA >> for right now -- but then a house in a few months where >> I'm recommending to my brother a 50 to 60 foot mast with >> rotor and antenna atop. That should be good for the >> DC/Baltimore area, right? > > Jay, go to http://www.antennaweb.org/aw/Address.aspx > > At that site, you can enter the street address, and it will > tell you which stations in Wash and Balt are within reach, > what their distance and azimuth is from the address you > entered, and what type of antenna will work. The site > lists NTSC and DTV stations. > > I would expect that rabbit ears would be adequate for Wash > market stations only. Get a Radio Shack double bowtie, > though, because the Wash stations are not all that close. > > You might find that a rotor is not required to reach Wash > and Balt stations from Sterling. And I really think a 60' > mast would be overkill. Baltimore stations are worst case > about 45 miles distant from Sterling, as the crow flies, > so a regular antenna mounted to the chimney, for instance, > should be adequate. Unless you're at the bottom of a pit, > of course. > > Radio Shack sells high gain UHF antennas with corner > reflector. Should be just what you need. > > If you can wait until this coming holiday season to buy > the ATSC STB, that's what I'd do. Around that time, the > new "5th gen" LG units, and probably others of similar > capability, will be on the market. These do a much better > job of using multipath energy constructively, and will > no doubt help not just with rabbit ear reception, but > also to make antenna aiming much less critical with your > outdoor antenna. For example, you might find that aiming > for optimal Baltimore reception gives you plenty of > signal also for Washington stations, without having to > reaim the antenna. From Sterling, my bet is that this > is what you'll find. With STBs now on the market, antenna > aim could be more critical. > > Bert > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at > FreeLists.org > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > unsubscribe in the subject line. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.