In a recent article by nj.com, retailers in the Long Island area have sold out of over-the-air HD antennas, unable to replenish their inventory fast enough for customer demand. Because of the Cablevision carriage dispute affecting the area, thousands have turned out to stores in search for an antenna. Quoting Antennas Direct President Richard Schneider, […]
Why miss any of the content, combine an antenna with internet streaming services. This blog post covers the content available from the different internet services.
The St. Louis Post Dispatch interviewed Richard about the new Wi-Fi kits and new products in the making including a new cell phone repeater and the DB4 Bowtie Antenna.
According to WCOP Channel 9, an ABC affiliate, is working on switching from Channel 10 to Channel 22. This is good news for some people who have reported not being able to receive WCOP reception since the digital transition. The poor reception experienced by many Cincinnati, Ohio viewers is due to the fact that WCOP was […]
Canada…the True North Strong and Free, home of hockey, maple syrup, Canadian geese and the most positive people on earth. But why are Canadians so happy? It could be in part to watching TV for a quarter of their life times. Adult Canadians spend up to 28.8 hours a week and 1,500 hours every year […]
Louis Cooper at the Pensacola News Journal suggested that Santa Rosa County, Pensacola Beach and south Alabama locals can put away their antennas now that WEAR-TV and Medicom have reached an agreement to keep WEAR-TV on the air for Mediacom subscribers. But the deal only is for one year before the renegotiation period starts up […]
Not only don’t these things work very well, now it can land you in hot water. In California, a lady buys $10 amplified rabbit ears; Amp starts to oscillate and interferes with Verizon cell service. FCC investigates and the lady is cited for: “The operation of an intentional, unintentional, or incidental radiator” http://www.fcc.gov/eb/FieldNotices/2003/DOC-292933A1.html It gets […]
From TVTechnology.com: ” The proposed channel substitution will resolve significant reception problems inherent with high VHF digital channels, which have been experienced by numerous viewers throughout KKTV’s service area. On channel 10, KKTV is predicted to receive interference to 54 percent of its population and to serve only 959,551 people. The proposed operation on Channel […]
DTV converter boxes aplenty, but good luck finding an antenna. Empty shelves in the antenna department. You need to shop early, people. Notice the lonely open box C 1 on a store shelf in New York. We are hearing from some store managers that customers are figuring out when the deliveries arrive so they can […]
Viewers of WGHP are reporting difficulties in receiving the Ch8 signal after they reverted back to their VHF assignment and correspondingly reduced their power. They have temporarily restarted their UHF transmitter until they can figure out how to help their viewers. When WGHP moved to Ch8 they also reduced their power to about 11Kw, which […]
WPVI Ch6 ABC in Philadelphia cut its transmitter power from 500,000 watts to about 1,700 watts ERP after the June 12 switchover. Some stations that have been have been offered UHF assignments declined the opportunity to maintain their coverage area, and instead were attracted by the lure of lower electricity bills on VHF. Our phone […]
If you’re one of the millions of Americans who lost some DTV channels on June 12th you may need to do a re- scan. Below is an article with some tips: http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/279392-FCC_Pushing_Double_Re_scan_.php If that does not work, call the engineering department of the problem station or your local FCC field office. As we had warned […]
