TV Antenna???

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Well **** me runnin. If I ever move to kommiefornika, I'll have that info. <rolls eyes>
 
My cabin in the Catskills has no anything,we tried antennas with limited success,having to turn the antenna several times a day to keep the signal.then I got a cell phone booster antenna .I switched service to one that comes in slightly and put the antenna on a 40’ telescoping pole and now we are flush with shows,Netflix,Hulu,peacock,etc,,100s of channels and now we can also use our cell phones too.so no more land line either.win,win.
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Yes, they both have unlimited data......................but I need to make one small correction. I kept saying "no antenae needed". That wasn't 100 percent correct...the cell phone has and internal antenae.......eh????????
 
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My cabin in the Catskills has no anything,we tried antennas with limited success,having to turn the antenna several times a day to keep the signal.then I got a cell phone booster antenna .I switched service to one that comes in slightly and put the antenna on a 40’ telescoping pole and now we are flush with shows,Netflix,Hulu,peacock,etc,,100s of channels and now we can also use our cell phones too.so no more land line either.win,win.View attachment 1715874059
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Wow that is just great, that's a good success story. Those outlying areas are hard to get service into.

Have used those Z-Boost cell phone boosters with good luck in the past. Had a mast up on a detached garage roof with the Z-Boost antenna at the top 30' off the ground, then 75' of coaxial cable into the home supplying the booster giving good cell phone service in the home.

This was out in the foothills area in Arizona out east of Apache Junction in a small low lying town. At least we could send and receive phone calls then.

Since then Verizon has come in a put cell tower in that town, it took quiet a few years to make that happen but it's all good there now.
 
I use Antenna Denny's HD Stacker on a 30' tower get stations 60 miles away. I do have a booster on it though.
Go to his website, he has some good info about antenna tv.
 
I have no idea what most of this conversation means. All I know, is my house had a "BIG" antenna, on a tower, with a rotator, when we bought it 30 years ago. When the cable company raised my TV/Internet fees to over $125 per month, I cancelled. Did some work on a friends car in exchange for him hooking up the antenna. He installed a preamp on the antenna, ran a new cable, and a new controller for the rotator. We did have to add a additional amp, in the cable to feed the tv in the detatched garage. I get anywhere from 62 channels to about 50 channels. I don't know if some stations shut down at times, or if it is due to conditions.
PS: the cable company got me back as a customer for internet, by giving me their slowest speed (whatever that is) for $19 per month.
PPS: I have cell phone for $15 per month unlimited voice, no text or data.
That's all I need, so why pay more.
 
Dart 273; good explanation about the ''Digital'' antennas. When the government changed the rules for TV signals, they gave us [2] coupons [@ $20.00 off] to buy the converter boxes. The lowest vhf channels were given to the military and others. The high vhf channels were sometimes kept as they were.

I built one of those antennas shown here using a 2 x 3 and some wire coat hangers. I added a cardboard backer covered in aluminum foil behind it. Works well if the tv tower is within 40 miles [depending]. Then bought a channel-master cm-4228 antenna. About 40% better signal. Trees and weather make a difference.
 
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