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Directv
I'm thinking about canceling Directv. I've been doing research on OTA antennas. There are so many out there, my head is swimming. If someone who uses or has used in the past I would like to hear some feed back. The range I'm looking for is 60 Miles.
Thank You for any advice.
Reggie
Be real careful of the terrain you're going to use it in.
I'm in the foothills of the Piedmont, where even a 10' antenna mast mounted on the roof doesn't clear the top of the hill that's in the way. I'm roughly 50-60 miles from DC TV market, but with the terrain I might as well be 100 miles away.
As a result I only get 3 reliable stations over the air: 2 of them were in the old VHF range (7 and 9), and one in the low UHF (30, and part of that station is actually only ~10 mi away).
As you may know, the old analog channel numbers aren't necessarily similar in freuqency when it comes to the new digital stations are on. For example, what used to be Channel 4 (VHF low) here is now broadcasting on a frequency equivalent to what was Channel 48 (UHF).
(grin) I know all about hills and no line of site.
Cell coverage drops out at my neighbors' mailbox.
I am 10 mi N of Winchester, in the foothills of Capon Bridge WV.
Thats Why everything is dish sourced here, Even HughesVoice.
DirecTV wont stream very well on my HT2000 either.
I'm kinda screwed when we get 2+' of snow. I dont even have a land line anymore.
You guys are GREAT helping me keep HughesNet working. (grin)
My neighbor is on the top of my hill and gets 42 channels with her digital antennae
I use a Channel Master antenna model number CM-3020 with a 100 mile range. When we lived in the Ozark Mtns (north central arkansas) we where a 100 miles from LR and recieved around 25 channels. We had a motor so we could turn for best reception. 6 months ago we moved to Camden Tn (west tennessee). we recieve stations from Kentucky and Tn, Nashville and Jackson we get about 39 channels we get abc,cbs,fox,me tv, some are the same like abc but their local news is different a alot of there programing. but way more tv than I need. I rather be fishing hunting and enjoying life, tv is the pits and very depressing that is why i refuse to pay for it. they have a agenda they want to push on you, i am to old to change my beliefs.
have a great day
dan'o
Have you looked into FTA satellite?
- I purchased anantenna from eBay for $28.99. Amplified and rotor on it, came with 32’ of coax. It is rated 150 mile range. I live in E TX, about 100 miles SE of Dallas and 60 Miles SW of Tyler. I was able to receive about 11 stations, mostly in Tyler, but a few in Dallas as well as Bryan/College station. I had it mounted on 10’ pole.
