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[QUOTE=&quot;bobrok, post: 37122, member: 2174&quot;]...and you all know who you are:dance:I've been reading about a lot of rural DTV reception problems here and I guess location, topography, etc are the big factors so I am asking if anyone can take a look at my TV Fool report and make a recommendation as to what I can expect.Points of interest:This is a mountain cabin and we are off grid.&nbsp; Although we do generate minimal solar power I can't use it to amplify a signal or power a rotor.&nbsp; For a rotor I can cobble together a pulley system that will do the job.&nbsp; The TV Fool report is resolved only to zip code level.&nbsp; For some reason when I resolve to coordinates I get nothing (again, topography, perhaps).If this helps, our physical location is about 5 miles NW of here and I could post a map with exact location.&nbsp; We are at an elevation of about 1600 feet.I now have only a rooftop hi/lo VHF antenna (read my 1st forum post <a href="http://www.dtvusaforum.com/dtv-hdtv-reception-antenna-discussion/4592-id-old-antenna-please.html">http://www.dtvusaforum.com/dtv-hdtv-reception-antenna-discussion/4592-id-old-antenna-please.html</a>) with about 20' of RJ6 (I believe) coax directly to the DTV.&nbsp; Interesting to note is that the only stations I now get are 7.1 and 7.2 from the SW which do not even show up on the analysis, and occassionally 2 fuzzy analog Canadian channels from the same orientation.Before the DTV transition I could not receive analog transmissions from the SE as shown on the fool report with any clarity whatsoever.Should I harbor hopes of additional VHF or any UHF reception?<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :(" />If so can anyone recommend what I could do for antennas?Thanks for reading!1 minute later edit:geez I should have re-read my OP and responses.Sorry, don't mean to duplicate threads...I think the only addition here is that we don't have power for the amp.apologies for the dup &lt;blush&gt;[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="bobrok, post: 37122, member: 2174"]...and you all know who you are:dance: I've been reading about a lot of rural DTV reception problems here and I guess location, topography, etc are the big factors so I am asking if anyone can take a look at my TV Fool report and make a recommendation as to what I can expect. Points of interest: This is a mountain cabin and we are off grid. Although we do generate minimal solar power I can't use it to amplify a signal or power a rotor. For a rotor I can cobble together a pulley system that will do the job. The TV Fool report is resolved only to zip code level. For some reason when I resolve to coordinates I get nothing (again, topography, perhaps). If this helps, our physical location is about 5 miles NW of here and I could post a map with exact location. We are at an elevation of about 1600 feet. I now have only a rooftop hi/lo VHF antenna (read my 1st forum post [URL="http://www.dtvusaforum.com/dtv-hdtv-reception-antenna-discussion/4592-id-old-antenna-please.html"]http://www.dtvusaforum.com/dtv-hdtv-reception-antenna-discussion/4592-id-old-antenna-please.html[/URL]) with about 20' of RJ6 (I believe) coax directly to the DTV. Interesting to note is that the only stations I now get are 7.1 and 7.2 from the SW which do not even show up on the analysis, and occassionally 2 fuzzy analog Canadian channels from the same orientation. Before the DTV transition I could not receive analog transmissions from the SE as shown on the fool report with any clarity whatsoever. Should I harbor hopes of additional VHF or any UHF reception?:( If so can anyone recommend what I could do for antennas? Thanks for reading! 1 minute later edit: geez I should have re-read my OP and responses. Sorry, don't mean to duplicate threads...I think the only addition here is that we don't have power for the amp. apologies for the dup <blush>[/QUOTE]

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