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Old 06-15-2009, 05:45 AM   #1 (permalink)
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We have 3 tvs using the converter box and one new tv. All was well until June 12th. We are now lucky to find one or two channels. We have rescanned all of the tvs several times. We are out in the country. Is there really such a thing as a DTV antenna and, if so, is it needed?
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Antennas aren't specifically "digital" or "analog". However, there are some antennas that work well with VHF (Channels 2-13) and others that work well with UHF (Channels 14 and up). There are also antennas that work somewhat well for "VHF High" (Channels 7-13) and UHF, and still other antennas that have components for receiving all of VHF and all of UHF. Which of these antennas you need will depend on where you live. And how sophisticated your antenna needs to be, and how high your antenna needs to be mounted, and where, all will depend on where you live.

What you should do is go over the http://tvfool.com and enter your address. That will provide you a nice graphic of what you can expect in terms of television reception and provide insight into what you need in terms of an antenna. Once you get to the TV Signal Analysis Results page, you'll see a notation:

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You'll want to copy the whole link provided to you right under that notation (the link is in bold) and post it HERE. That will help us help you interpret the results you get.

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You'll probably need a 91XG with a seperate VHF antenna stacked to it. How far away are you from the nearest city/transmitters? Can you post your TVfool plot?

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