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In Reply to: First question... posted by Markw on May 12, 1999 at 05:33:42:
Since I live in the NYC metro area, I guess that most of the transmitters are on top of skyscrapers in manhatten so I'm about 40 miles from them.
However, I mentioned that I have a 13" TV with plain old rabbit ear stick
antenna and it gets pretty good reception except for some of the weaker
stations like PBS or WB.I don't believe that there are any major obstuctions between me and NYC. There's a small hill between me and
some NJ FM stations but that doesn't affect my TV reception.I imagine all the transmitters are roughly in the same direction. Even WWOR in secaucus is basically towards NYC so yes, all in one direction.
Jay
but first... remenmber... no indoor antenna will EVER be the equal of a roof mounted outdoor antenna.I'm in the NYC metro area too so heres what I wound up doing when I had to forgo cable for a few months. One problem we don't have is signal strength. Multipath is what hurts us here.
I worked PTat Radio Shack then and I tried virtually ALL the antennas at one time or another. found the winners... found the losers... For TV, their amplified $40 mountefd on the wall of my second story brick apt worked quite good. I rarely had to adjust it one I got it set. Color on channel 4 was a little weak, but it always is, even with rooftop antennas. UHF required me to fiddle. Also, not ALL signals here are from the WTC so some silight abjustments would "tweak" the picture sometimes.
I'm not there anymore, but there are newer ones that may be better. Try 'em and bring it back if it doesn't work. Keep on trying.
BTW, for FM, I'm using their $60 "blade" type antenna. Best indoor FM antenna I ever used. ALMOST as good as my old roof mounted turnstile. Almost, but not quite. Then again, I'm not gonna spend hundreds of $$ on a nindoor antenna, either.
They sell an $80 version of that antenna that's made for TV as well as FM. I didn't get to try this but It may be worth a try.
As per the FM antenna: "blade" as in long and flat right? Kind of like the one that Terk makes for $119 at audioadvisor.com?Jay
Please don't confuse these with Terk. That's an insult. These are designed and manufactured by Day/Sequerra, a very good design team, partuclarly in regards to FM.It is long and flat, but unlike Terk's, this is vertically oriented. That means it hangs on the wall and is easier to position for best reception.. Heck, ya just hang the sucka in a corner.
RatShak has a good return policy. Try 'em. If ya don't like 'em, take 'em back.
Good luck. Let us know what happens.
I went into RatShack after work on Friday and couldn't find it. The salesperson wasn't much help either...BTW, do you happen to know if their TV antenna is any good. It's $119
and looks like a flat bar...Jay
I suggest the staff at your local RatShack visit Pearle vision.Page 155, top left, 15-1846 - my FM antenna - Great performer.
Page 154, center of page, 15-1845 - TV "big brother" to my FM antenna.
...if it's as good as their FM cerrsion it could be great, worth a try possibly.Page 154, bottom left, 15-1828 - TV antenna that worked for me.
Remember, you're farther from the city than I am. Mileage may vary.
If you do anything, please let US know what happens.
We all learn from our (shared) expierence.
I picked it up from a RatShack last night and tried it out, unfortunately,
it didn't seem to work well for me.. Actually, it seems much worse than the standard dipole that it came with. It had no problems with the NYC stations but neither did the dipole, but the one station that I really like to get (WDHA in Dover, NJ) came in worse than the dipole. I tried many different
spots and pointing it towards Dover, but no luck. lots of static. Interestingly it killed the signal strength meter reading as it would always read a full 5 bars out of 5 but you could hear lots of static. Unfortunately, WDHA is behind a slightly taller hill between my home and the station. I can get the station quite good in my car when it's not behind the hill. The dipole antenna is not bad for WDHA, it used to cut out alot depending on where I was in the room and sometimes would fluctuate, but I think i found a good spot for the dipole.Jay
Hey Thanks, I have a 10% off coupon that expires there 5/28 so I'll have
to check it out. Unfortunately, I was there after work and I was in a hurry so I didn't get a chance to check out their catalog which I don't have.
Fortunately, my father also got a 10% off coupon and wasn't using his so
I've been getting good discounts there....I heard alot of crappy reviews of their $119 TV antenna stick that they
sell from Usenet...Jay
sorry I didn't respond earlier. I post at work and the RS cat is home and I forget about this whan I get home. Again, I forgot last nite but I THINK it's something like the standatd antenna prefix and 1846 (15-1846?)It's in the standard catalog. Look in the section dealing with TV antenna's and there's a picture there. Do it yourself.
Sometimes some of the staff there are, lets say "not motivated?" and you can do better by looking yourself. It's there... and the FM version is in the FM antenna setion, also.
(I can say that... I do some part time work there occasionally, sorta "pro bono" 'cause I like that crap and helping people... at least those that deserve it)
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