TV signal
Channel Scanning, Peaking antenna, and searching for channels
Seventeen to go!
17 days to the switch! I received some good questions today I want to share with everyone. Here’s an excerpt from a reader that posted a comment.
I decided to let cable go to save money and then realized all the shows I watch are on regular TV anyway. Will miss the DVR but I will [...]
Looks like somebody’s got a case of the Mundaze!
I guess I don’t need to tell you I am not a fan on Mondays. It’s always my busiest day of the week, but at least the Sun came out even though it was a little unseasonably cool this morning. I don’t really mind being busy when it’s a productive busy, and I had a [...]
The time has been set! Noon Thirty 6-12-09
In February all the stations seemed to have planned for a midnight switch time, but the delay bill has offered stations the ability to pick anytime they want. All the stations in Raleigh now seem to agree we’ll do it at 12:30 in the afternoon. That allows everyone to do a full re-scan anytime after [...]
Welcome to the 30 day countdown. Again.
It’s not exactly time travel like in Star Trek, but certainly a feeling of deja vue! Haven’t we been here before? That’s right, the 30 day countdown is here again. I doubt we’ll stop the clock again, so let’s get ready together with 30 blogs in 30 days. I will be posting everyday, as well [...]
Pumpkin Toss!
Fall is my favorite time of year. The corn has been harvested, and the pumpkins will soon appear everywhere as a sign of a good harvest. And of course, to be carved into jack-o-lanterns towards the end of the month. Then turn it around, and you have a Fall decoration for November, unless it got smashed Halloween [...]
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 [...]
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