Homer
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SCVJeff: Thanks for the response. I wondered about that, but didn't know that it was possible to over amplify. There are some powerful stations about 50 miles from my home, I used to be able to pull one of them in before digital, I will see if I can still do it with the amp on. I know the converter will not pull them in by itself.
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georgibush
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Just now getting around too installing the box. My question is I only have a single cable on the outlet of the junction box in the
mh. It appears that I need to hook the box to the inlet side of the junction box where the antenna box. If I hook to the outlet side all functions would be going through the converter box. Please advise. Thanks for any help you can give me.
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pulsar
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Most functions will be handled by the converter box; it is what has the digital tuner.
How many TVs do you have? If two, your output must be going to a splitter somewhere. If two, then you will need to converters or both TVs will have to watch the same channel.
If you can trace the cable from the TV back to its first connection, that is where you would insert the converter, if it is only to control that TV. Cable from TV to the converter's output. A new cable between the converter's input and wherever the cable form the TV was previously connected.
Tom
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jwill5046@aol
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Pulsar, Thanks for the post, I had questions about the bat wing and was told it wouldn't work for the digital. I tried it out yesterday and it works great. Thanks again for the info. Jerry
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SCVJeff
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jwill5046@aol wrote:Pulsar, Thanks for the post, I had questions about the bat wing and was told it wouldn't work for the digital. I tried it out yesterday and it works great. Thanks again for the info. Jerry People that don't understand RF shouldn't render opinions... Oh well. If you don't have one already, add a Wingman to the antenna. It will really help the UHF.
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hotrod4x5
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The problem I have with the wingman is that when my antenna is stowed, a vent would be impacted by the wingman. The batwing works pretty well for digital without it, but I am sure the wingman helps, I just wish I could mount it on mine.
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SCVJeff
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hotrod4x5 wrote:The problem I have with the wingman is that when my antenna is stowed, a vent would be impacted by the wingman. The batwing works pretty well for digital without it, but I am sure the wingman helps, I just wish I could mount it on mine. Some folks with this problem have managed to flip the antenna 180 degrees on the mast. Any chance of that?
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hotrod4x5
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Jeff, not sure, I will take a look. I know it is sandwiched between my AC and the fridge vent, not sure how close it is to the other for flipping.
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tplife
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tazmangk wrote:just wondered if anyone knows if they make a 12 volt digital tv?..I camp out in the woods at times and still would like to catch the news, weather etc without the noise of a gen set.
Good luck, digital reception distances are not as far as analog, and that's with a good-sized antenna.
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SCVJeff
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tplife wrote:tazmangk wrote:just wondered if anyone knows if they make a 12 volt digital tv?..I camp out in the woods at times and still would like to catch the news, weather etc without the noise of a gen set.
Good luck, digital transmission distances are rated at 20 miles max from the transmitter, and that's with a good-sized antenna. It's not like analog VHF. Huh?
If you really live in So. Cal you should know better than that. WELL over 50% of the Los Angeles DMA is in excess of 20 miles from Mt. Wilson. I'm 26 miles from the hill and I can see ALL of Mt. Wilson UHF on a spike in the office.
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