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Maximizing the Antenna
My antenna was doing fine, but I felt it could be a bit better and I wanted to search the airwaves for “hidden treasure”. I mentioned earlier in a post about DXing, but another form of searching the airwaves is peeking into neighboring markets. It’s fairly easy to pick up analog signals from Richmond, VA. [...]
One Thing You Should Put Off Until Later
We’re all busy these days and sometimes it seems there’s not enough minutes in the day to accomplish everything we need to do. Some things get pushed aside, and possibly forgotten until it’s too late. Then, there’s a mad rush to get it done which wears you out to the point that you put something [...]
Seeing the Unseen
Broadcast signals circle your head constantly following straight paths from point A to point B. They are everywhere and it would be extremely difficult to find any square foot of this planet that does not have some RF signal present. Think about it, satellites pretty much cover the entire planet, signals from radio and TV [...]
TV Antennas are Crazy
Now that I have my converter box in hand, I’m researching antennas here in the burbs of Wendell. I just picked up a Phillips Silver Sensor PHDTV3 indoor antenna at Target in Knightdale and ran some tests versus my outdoor antenna. Target has also re-stocked the RCA box, and a trip across the street to [...]
CECB Shopping Part Two
Shopping for my first converter box went fairly well, even though I was disappointed in the displays because I was shopping with the average man-shopper mentality, get it and get out without help. I found most stores had an adequate supply of boxes. Discovering the features of the box by reading the packaging is not very accurate, and [...]
Russ goes shopping for a CECB!
Like I said earlier, I go to the stores knowing what I want, get it, and get out. I have never “impulse bought” anything except gum or candy at the register. Darn those impulse marketers! Here at the end of August, and the end to H.A.D.N.M, or Help A Digital Newbie Month, I figured was [...]
Some people step in it, others get it thrown at them.
I ran across the title in a post on the AVSforum while looking up antenna info, and I thought it was cute. I guess they were tomato farmers. Few things feel like stepping on an over-ripe tomato in the garden with bare feet and I’m sure a few were thrown at the screen for my acting [...]
Phat TV
“If you want to look thin, hang out with fat people!” -Rodney Dangerfield from “Back to School”
No! I am not a bigot, prejudiced, closed-minded of people’s differences, etc. and as a matter of fact, I could loose a few pounds myself. And please don’t get irate because I call ourselves newbies, because we are all [...]
August is hot in North Carolina!
So what’s that have to do with digital television? Nothing, I just like stating the obvious now and then, and with the Opening Ceremonies for the Olympics tomorrow night, it’s going to be pretty hot! Plus the fact that it is H.A.D.N.M! Maybe my bud’s comment to make it Help A Digital Newbie Year is a [...]
What’s next?
While you are waiting for your DTV coupons to arrive in the mail, (you did order them from www.DTV2009.org or 1-888-388-2009 didn’t you?), you need to do some homework to learn what DTV is (and isn’t). You will be bombarded with terms, numbers, acronyms, lies, and deceptions that will rival any movie you have ever [...]
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