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House of Roberts

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16. Over the air TV is advertiser supported.
Wed Mar 26, 2025, 10:27 AM
Mar 26

They need you to watch their programming to make money. I doubt it's in their best interest to block local reception.
My antenna is indoors on top of the cabinet that holds my TV. I tried an outside antenna, but couldn't get any more channels than I could with the indoor one. For all I know about antennas, I knew very little about digital TV reception, as the change happened while I was still on Comcast. What I didn't know was to determine whether the antenna change was better, I had to rescan the channels each time. Since I found that out I haven't bothered to try the outside antenna again.
Most of the commercially available indoor antennas look like a computer tablet with a cable attached to the back of the set. I tried one of them, but it wasn't any better than my homemade one, so I returned it. If you get an indoor antenna, mount it as high as feasible, and turn the flat side of it toward the station's broadcasting tower, for best signal. Here, all the towers are on the tallest mountain, so one direction is adequate.

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Maybe you've entered the Twilight Zone? SheltieLover Mar 26 #1
hey!!! i was just thinking that!!!!!!! AllaN01Bear Friday #20
Great minds!!! SheltieLover Friday #22
maybe they were having a throwback night? ... marble falls Mar 26 #2
I listened to WIXY too! Marthe48 Mar 26 #3
WGAR was actually pretty good pre-rock. Remember "Big" Wilson? My mom listened to WKYW ... marble falls Mar 26 #6
I love radio garden. peacebuzzard Mar 26 #5
I couldn't get a good shortwave radio. This solves my problem. When I had a nice old one ... marble falls Mar 26 #7
same. as a kid the world radio fascinated me.. peacebuzzard Mar 26 #11
BBC used to have stations for different countries. I even listen to Radio Free Europe ... marble falls Mar 26 #15
Music is universal and US contemporary music always peacebuzzard Mar 26 #17
Remember these? ... marble falls Mar 27 #18
I missed this! I love it! peacebuzzard Friday #19
I know there were time when the USSR would jam the signals in Russia and other Iron Curtain states ... marble falls Friday #23
i still have mhy shortwave set (hf, high frequency.) AllaN01Bear Friday #21
Marthe48 you must have my radio peacebuzzard Mar 26 #4
I expect the problems on the radio Marthe48 Mar 26 #8
An over the air signal could be mistuned House of Roberts Mar 26 #9
I don't know how the online site works Marthe48 Mar 26 #12
Over the air is antenna reception. House of Roberts Mar 26 #13
I got rid of cable several years ago Marthe48 Mar 26 #14
Over the air TV is advertiser supported. House of Roberts Mar 26 #16
as the world falls apart, there is always coffee to cheer me up peacebuzzard Mar 26 #10
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