Comments on: Free Digital TV Over the Air

By: Davelectric

Davelectric — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:07:32 +0000

I found by stripping the outer jacket off a piece of coax depends on the channel about 6 inches work good for uhf maybe 18 for most vhf stations and finding a away to get it outside . no spliters or tees short as practical work much better than any store bought inside antenna . and you can hide it so people wont see and outside antenna

By: TFB

TFB — Wed, 21 May 2008 10:12:00 +0000

Thad, I bought an indoor antenna at Circuit City for $40. It has a rectangular panel for UHF and several levels of signal boost. I had to rotate the panel to a particular direction and adjust the signal boost. The highest boost doesn’t give me the best reception. Just have to experiment. Because digital TV broadcasts in UHF, I have the “rabbit ears” collapsed. Even after all that, I still don’t get all the stations. I haven’t tried other antenna yet.

By: Thad G

Thad G — Mon, 19 May 2008 00:44:00 +0000

TFB,
Just curious – what type of antenna did you try? I just used my $40 coupon, and got a d2a converter at Walmart this weekend. I also have a rabbit-ear style antenna on top of my TV. The reception is crystal clear, but I still get a bit of digital break-up… where the screen pixelates(?), when the reception must get a little fuzzy. I think I might need to get a stronger antenna… but the antennaweb.org says I only need a small one… Overall, a HUGE improvement, but still a little frustrating with the antenna issue.

Thad

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 18 May 2008 16:22:00 +0000

Go to antennaweb.org, put in as much address info as you want and it will give you all the stations in your area. It also gives the distance and direction to the transmitter and what type of antenna would work best.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Wed, 14 May 2008 01:26:00 +0000

Thanks for the links. I requested a coupon today – but it won’t be mailed out until May 30th.

That seems a little slow. Perhaps the demand is higher than anticipated.