All Viewers in Rural Areas post here

staticMHZ · 01-13-2009, 01:39 PM

Tell me your experience as to channel availability. I live in a rural area. I get CBS 4.1.

No option for an outdoor antenna as I don't own the property where I reside.

So tell me rural users, how bad is it for you guys?

A Prediction:

Reception will be such a problem, that alot of Networks will LOSE viewers resulting in lower ratings and such and such.

AndyTiedye · 01-15-2009, 10:51 PM

We get about 8 analog stations here, nothing in digital.
With a roof antenna and an amplifier.
Heavily forested area, and almost everything here is going to UHF.

cowboyup4christ · 01-16-2009, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by staticstem

Tell me your experience as to channel availability. I live in a rural area. I get CBS 4.1.

No option for an outdoor antenna as I don't own the property where I reside.

So tell me rural users, how bad is it for you guys?

A Prediction:

Reception will be such a problem, that alot of Networks will LOSE viewers resulting in lower ratings and such and such.

live and install antennas in rural areas I personally get 32 channels including sub channels, most get around 43 channels with my setups. check out cowboys deep fringe prescription.
http://www.dtvusaforum.com/dtv-recep...cription.html:)

staticMHZ · 01-16-2009, 11:33 AM

this is gonna be a mess for us deep fringe users

Concerned_parent · 01-21-2009, 08:02 PM

Yes it is a mess for those that lives in rural area. I have roof mounted antenna and with analog signal I could get as many as 17 but I can't get a clean digital signal at all. What I get looks like something off broken DVD disc. Total of 7 channels: 5-1, 5-2, 12-1, 12-2, 12-3, 25-1, and 66-1

If I can't get those cleanly with external roof mounted antenna, forget about small bunny ear antenna.

I wish the local satellite service would ignore the no cable area rule because cable exists in my area yet no cable for me because cable line ended 1/4 mile from my house. So all I can get is over the air signals :P

ShowMeRon · 01-27-2009, 06:39 AM

Hello all @ dtv usa. Glad I found your forum

I live approximately 60-70 miles north of Kansas City,MO. and just installed an Insignia NS-DXA1-APT converter Saturday. I was amazed to get reception from all but two KC stations(KSHB 41.1 & KMCI 38.1) on my 25 year old pole mount antenna-25' with a variable gain 36db amp.

Jay · 01-27-2009, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by ShowMeRon

Hello all @ dtv usa. Glad I found your forum

I live approximately 60-70 miles north of Kansas City,MO. and just installed an Insignia NS-DXA1-APT converter Saturday. I was amazed to get reception from all but two KC stations(KSHB 41.1 & KMCI 38.1) on my 25 year old pole mount antenna-25' with a variable gain 36db amp.

Thanks for sharing! Does your antenna have a rotator?

ShowMeRon · 01-27-2009, 07:40 AM

No rotator needed since all stations towers are within 3 or 4 degrees. TV Fool - TV Signal Locater

cowboyup4christ · 01-27-2009, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Concerned_parent

Yes it is a mess for those that lives in rural area. I have roof mounted antenna and with analog signal I could get as many as 17 but I can't get a clean digital signal at all. What I get looks like something off broken DVD disc. Total of 7 channels: 5-1, 5-2, 12-1, 12-2, 12-3, 25-1, and 66-1

If I can't get those cleanly with external roof mounted antenna, forget about small bunny ear antenna.

I wish the local satellite service would ignore the no cable area rule because cable exists in my area yet no cable for me because cable line ended 1/4 mile from my house. So all I can get is over the air signals :P

go to tvfool.com and enter your address it could be that your antenna needs a preamp or that you have the wrong type of antenna, in many areas a lot of the digital channels are on the UHF side most combo antennas have a weak UHF side so a pre amp is needed, check out the post cowboys deep fringe prescription if you are in a deep fringe area this will give you the best results

spirittoo · 01-28-2009, 02:27 PM

Hi everybody ... I just wanted to find a group to chat with about the change over ... have you guys notice they give little or no information about signal strenght? I think that is going to be a big problem ... none of the change over site addresses that issue ...

I am 68 miles from Cleveland Ohio ... I just got a deep fringe antenna ... a Winegard 7084 ... with a channel master pre amp ... 7777 ... and a channel master rotor ... it's on a 3 foot tripod and a 5 foot mast ... complete antenna system and I can only get 6 digital channels ... none from Cleveland ...

I'm about 29 miles from Erie PA and I can get all their digital channels except for channel 12 and the strongest analog signal from Erie ... channel 24 ... I can barely get their digital signal ... now I'm told they are not at full power yet ...

I guess when the transition is done I will not be able to get Cleveland at all ... I can get most of the Cleveland stations with an analog signal ... varying degrees of picture quality ... but I guess they are not going to have strong enough digital signals to reach me ... so I guess us folks in rural areas with OTA antennas will be the forgotten people ...

and I refuse to pay for broadcast television ... it simply isn't worth it ...


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