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Re: Any Experience with HDTV Antennas out there?

Any good quality antenna will work just fine. The trick is to get it aimed for minimum reflections (ghosts in NTSC terms). You might seriously consider a rotator if you're trying to get a distant signal, over 30 miles or so from the transmitter.

Keep in mind the brick-wall effect. Marginal signals are either good or non-existent, depending on how much data is lost in the error-correction done in the set. Moving the antenna up or down as little as a foot might make the difference between picture and nothing.

FYI, I'm a retired television broadcasting engineer.

KKpenguin.


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