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been there, done that

65.129.37.17

Posted by petew on January 5, 2002 at 11:38:19

In Reply to: Can anyone recommend a good in attic antenna for UHF/VHF/FM/HDTV? posted by Matt on January 4, 2002 at 05:17:19:

my neighborhood homeowner's association prohibits TV antenna's: the development was built wired for cable (must be some kind of scam going on with Comcast). but the cable company sucks bigtime, has horrible interference problems (I get the CBs from the truckers and the dispatcher from the fire company as well as the neighborhood ham operators on more than one cable channel), goes out completely whenever it rains or sometimes for no reason at all, and even when it's working, I've discovered I get better local reception with rabbit ears on top of the TV! (and yes, I checked and double checked the ground on the cable, had it checked by their technician, and even put a technical ground in--which helped the stereo but did nothing for the cable).

So I dumped them and went satellite. Even "digital" cable isn't necessarily digital. The dish is great! except, it sucks that you have to pay so much for "free" local TV, and as you noted, HDTV.

I put a Radio Shack array w/YAGI in the attic, pointed it at the broadcast towers, and spliced it into the cable distribution which convieniently runs thru the attic. Now I get satellite and off-the-air broadcasts as well as fantastic FM, and the reception is much better than cable--(not saying much).

My only complaint is that the NBC feed to Philadelphia of "The West Wing" really really sucks, on cable, on satellite, and on the airwaves. %The picture looks as if they recorded over a worn-out grocery store VHS rental tape. It's the only show that does this too...

...hey, do you think it's a vast, Right Wing conspiracy??????!

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