Mobile DTV on the cheap

[Richard O'Neill]

  With the switch from analog to digital my broadcast TV reception has 
been excellent. So much so that I've canceled cable service. In the 
Waldorf Maryland area I now receive 42 channels, far more than I have 
time for.

Richard


On 1/16/2011 12:13 AM, WB4JFI wrote:
> Have you tried to receive them since WUSA and WJLA went back to VHF at the
> end of the transition?  WRC and WTTG are probably no better, but 7&  9
> should be improved on VHF.
>
> We were able to easily pick up almost all UHF DTV stations way out near
> Upperville around 2004, but that was on a hill.  The ridge near Tysons seems
> to be an effective block at lower elevations to the west, unless you can get
> high enough.
>
> Yeah, the lower power was never in the cards that I saw...  the numbers I
> mentioned were averages from actual operations once everyone went full-power
> DTV.
> Terry