[opendtv] Re: DTV TUNER

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
> 
> 
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