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[QUOTE=&quot;staticMHZ, post: 3462, member: 605&quot;]No, no smart antenna just regular RF. And just those regular rabbit ears with the gain knobs and the AC adapters that you plug in. Dipoles for VHF, and the loop for UHF.I put some rabbit ears out on the 2nd floor balcony and I did a scan and found 4 channels. (all VHF). To my suprise, a regular non-amplified pair of rabbit ears works far better then those amplified ones.I get 0 UHF channels. On a very rare occasion I am able to get alot of different channels but they get all pixelated and dissapear. I can only guess this is because of the low low watts power most stations are transmitting at.I think the main problem is because I live on the first floor, and because of my range from the towers. What I would really like to know is if they are going to increase the power once analog is turned off. Maybe I should contact WHDH 7. Analog seems to have a very better range then digital does. I'm sorry if this is unclear, below is mainly what I'm trying to explain.WHDH 7 (boston) Transmitter Power 316 kW (analog)948 kW (digital)Height 306 m (analog)288 m (digital)WCVB 5 (bostonTransmitter Power 61.7 kW (analog)625 kW (digital)Height 353 m (analog)390 m (digital)WFXT 25 FOX (boston)Transmitter Power 1950 kW (analog)(digital) 78 kW current, 780 kW planned after 2009 (digital)So I guess WFXT is going to INCREASE their transmitting power once analog goes dark.Hopefully the others will do the same.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="staticMHZ, post: 3462, member: 605"]No, no smart antenna just regular RF. And just those regular rabbit ears with the gain knobs and the AC adapters that you plug in. Dipoles for VHF, and the loop for UHF. I put some rabbit ears out on the 2nd floor balcony and I did a scan and found 4 channels. (all VHF). To my suprise, a regular non-amplified pair of rabbit ears works far better then those amplified ones. I get 0 UHF channels. On a very rare occasion I am able to get alot of different channels but they get all pixelated and dissapear. I can only guess this is because of the low low watts power most stations are transmitting at. I think the main problem is because I live on the first floor, and because of my range from the towers. What I would really like to know is if they are going to increase the power once analog is turned off. Maybe I should contact WHDH 7. Analog seems to have a very better range then digital does. I'm sorry if this is unclear, below is mainly what I'm trying to explain. [B]WHDH 7 (boston) Transmitter Power 316 kW (analog) 948 kW (digital) Height 306 m (analog) 288 m (digital) WCVB 5 (boston Transmitter Power 61.7 kW (analog) 625 kW (digital) Height 353 m (analog) 390 m (digital) WFXT 25 FOX (boston) Transmitter Power 1950 kW (analog) (digital) 78 kW current, 780 kW planned after 2009 (digital)[/B] So I guess WFXT is going to INCREASE their transmitting power once analog goes dark. Hopefully the others will do the same.[/QUOTE]

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