Aaron62

1inxs, what's all that white stuff all over the place??

I would imagine that there as to be a little deflection from snow, right? I guess a station engineer knows better. I swear DTV reception is like voodoo with what it can go through and what it can't. Something as small as a 10' tree can affect reception of a channel, yet 2' of packed powder is just fine?

staticMHZ

well, UHF is line of sight dependant and terrain sensitive so if there's a huge snow mountain between you and the transmitter, well.......you get the idea.

I'm gonna miss the analog VHF channels, all of them come in rock solid over here. Some of their digital UHF counterparts are spotty. (not all)

1inxs

Let's hope your spotty UHF reception will stabilize after the full DTV switch. Most areas won't go full power until the full switch over is complete. I'm not 100% sure if it's the case with the towers you're receiving the spotty/weak signals. It's a hurry up and wait game for now

DTVuser2009

I have the exact opposite issue. all my UHF channels are rock solid even in wind buy the only VHF one is gone with the wind. literally. doesn't take much. i will NOT miss VHF. one less antenna to deal with and one less part of an antenna to affect UHF. (no more dipoles once Fox moves to 28.1)

I hope that with analog gone there will be room for many new channels.

staticMHZ

VHF bends around hills/terrain better because of how low the frequency is

TonyT

Trees are the worst for deflection/multipath other than mounting a antenna inside your house.