Antenna for HDTV

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Nominal wrote:

You CANNOT use an analog antenna. you must spend more to get a real DIGITAL
antenna. In fact, you really need a HI-DEF DIGITAL ANTENNA.

this is a fact, everyone knows (or should know) that analog and digital are
differnet things. Sheesh!



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I need help in deciding what type of antenna to get for
over the air HDTV and DTV. The stations are broadcasting
these channels on the UHF band now but I think they will
go back to VHF in 2009. I'm about 30 miles from the towers
in the Philadelphia area. The dealer has antennas for analog
and HDTV. Do I need a HDTV antenna or would a analog work just
as well? Presently I can pick up most of the stations with
rabbit ears. Would a Long distance UHF antenna be OK?







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"Dave Oldridge" wrote in message
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"Nominal" wrote in
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You CANNOT use an analog antenna. you must spend more to get a real
DIGITAL antenna. In fact, you really need a HI-DEF DIGITAL ANTENNA.

this is a fact, everyone knows (or should know) that analog and
digital are differnet things. Sheesh!

Why are you trying to confuse people? Deceiving the ignorant is just as
nasty (if not nastier) as deceiving smart people.



HA! you believe those articles? you should believe the packages for the
antennae and the saledudes. Only some of the ants say "digital" and even
fewer say "digital and hdtv". They have to be the best. Analog antennas
get ANALOG signals. duh!



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Nominal wrote:
"Dave Oldridge" wrote in message
9...
"Nominal" wrote in
:

You CANNOT use an analog antenna. you must spend more to get a
real
DIGITAL antenna. In fact, you really need a HI-DEF DIGITAL
ANTENNA.

this is a fact, everyone knows (or should know) that analog and
digital are differnet things. Sheesh!

Why are you trying to confuse people? Deceiving the ignorant is
just as
nasty (if not nastier) as deceiving smart people.



HA! you believe those articles? you should believe the packages for
the
antennae and the saledudes. Only some of the ants say "digital" and
even
fewer say "digital and hdtv". They have to be the best. Analog
antennas
get ANALOG signals. duh!


Juvenile sense of humor or JPS or unaware that digital transmissions
are actually analog signals - therefore 'analog' antennas work
perfectly fine. Would you like to see spectrum analyzer photos?

GG

In article ,
"Nominal" wrote:

"Dave Oldridge" wrote in message
9...
"Nominal" wrote in
:

You CANNOT use an analog antenna. you must spend more to get a real
DIGITAL antenna. In fact, you really need a HI-DEF DIGITAL ANTENNA.

this is a fact, everyone knows (or should know) that analog and
digital are differnet things. Sheesh!

Why are you trying to confuse people? Deceiving the ignorant is just as
nasty (if not nastier) as deceiving smart people.



HA! you believe those articles? you should believe the packages for the
antennae and the saledudes. Only some of the ants say "digital" and even
fewer say "digital and hdtv". They have to be the best. Analog antennas
get ANALOG signals. duh!


Unless you're listening to CW Morse code, all broadcast transmission is
analog. The modulating signal may, or may not, be analog.

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Tom Stiller wrote:
In article ,
"Nominal" wrote:

"Dave Oldridge" wrote in message
9...
"Nominal" wrote in
:

You CANNOT use an analog antenna. you must spend more to get a real
DIGITAL antenna. In fact, you really need a HI-DEF DIGITAL ANTENNA.

this is a fact, everyone knows (or should know) that analog and
digital are differnet things. Sheesh!

Why are you trying to confuse people? Deceiving the ignorant is just
as nasty (if not nastier) as deceiving smart people.



HA! you believe those articles? you should believe the packages for
the antennae and the saledudes. Only some of the ants say "digital"
and even fewer say "digital and hdtv". They have to be the best.
Analog antennas get ANALOG signals. duh!


Unless you're listening to CW Morse code, all broadcast transmission is
analog. The modulating signal may, or may not, be analog.


He is a troll, leave him alone and he will go away eventually.

Chip

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"Nominal" wrote in
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"Dave Oldridge" wrote in message
9...
"Nominal" wrote in
:

You CANNOT use an analog antenna. you must spend more to get a real
DIGITAL antenna. In fact, you really need a HI-DEF DIGITAL ANTENNA.

this is a fact, everyone knows (or should know) that analog and
digital are differnet things. Sheesh!

Why are you trying to confuse people? Deceiving the ignorant is just
as nasty (if not nastier) as deceiving smart people.



HA! you believe those articles? you should believe the packages for
the antennae and the saledudes. Only some of the ants say "digital"
and even fewer say "digital and hdtv". They have to be the best.
Analog antennas get ANALOG signals. duh!

Son, I DESIGN antennas. I know how they work. Go play in the traffic.


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"Nominal" wrote in
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"Dave Oldridge" wrote in message
9...
"Nominal" wrote in
:

You CANNOT use an analog antenna. you must spend more to get a real
DIGITAL antenna. In fact, you really need a HI-DEF DIGITAL ANTENNA.

this is a fact, everyone knows (or should know) that analog and
digital are differnet things. Sheesh!

Why are you trying to confuse people? Deceiving the ignorant is just
as nasty (if not nastier) as deceiving smart people.



HA! you believe those articles? you should believe the packages for
the antennae and the saledudes. Only some of the ants say "digital"
and even fewer say "digital and hdtv". They have to be the best.
Analog antennas get ANALOG signals. duh!

And, if you still want a digital antenna, I have a couple of bridges you
might like to mount it on.



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Dave Oldridge+
ICQ 1800667

You are not informed at all. A VHF antenna pulls in VHF signals,
either analog or digital. A UHF antenna pulls in UHF signals, either
analog or digital. In other words, a UHF antenna that gets channel 38
analog is going to be just fine for channel 30 which is digital. I
have a UHF/VHF combo antenna on my roof and it works for analog and
digital.

Perhaps the OP doesn't know about pseudo channels and channel
re-mapping. For example, here in Boston, channel 4 analog is broadcast
on VHF channel 4 (no surprise here). However digital channel 4.1 is
really broadcast on UHF channel 30 so it needs a UHF antenna. If one
wants to receive both, one needs both a UHF and VHF antenna.

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Tom Stiller wrote:


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"Nominal" wrote:



"Dave Oldridge" wrote in message
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"Nominal" wrote in
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You CANNOT use an analog antenna. you must spend more to get a real
DIGITAL antenna. In fact, you really need a HI-DEF DIGITAL ANTENNA.

this is a fact, everyone knows (or should know) that analog and
digital are differnet things. Sheesh!


Why are you trying to confuse people? Deceiving the ignorant is just
as nasty (if not nastier) as deceiving smart people.




HA! you believe those articles? you should believe the packages for
the antennae and the saledudes. Only some of the ants say "digital"
and even fewer say "digital and hdtv". They have to be the best.
Analog antennas get ANALOG signals. duh!



Unless you're listening to CW Morse code, all broadcast transmission is
analog. The modulating signal may, or may not, be analog.




He is a troll, leave him alone and he will go away eventually.


LOL Hell..... he was serious :-)

Chip




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G-squared wrote:

Gary C wrote:

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And if the wife doesn't like that antenna on the house, this little
Winegard works very well for me 35 miles out in LA. No preamp and it's
split to 3 receivers, all with plenty of signal

Merry Christmas

GG


Which one?


Well dummy me. This one

http://www.winegard.com/offair/squareshooter.htm

Sorry about that.

GG

In LA, you have the broadcast towers way up there at around 6000' on
Mt Wilson which offers a very long range line of site. In the Philly
area, if the OP is west of the city which is hilly, he is likely to need
something more substantial.

The Channel Master 4221 is a very good mid-range UHF antenna which has
some pickup - not much, but some - for the upper UHF 7 to 13 channels.
However, in Philadelphia, WPVI-DT 6 will be switching it's digital
signal back to VHF 6 after the analog shutdown in February, 2009. So
people in the Philly area will need an antenna setup which can receive
low VHF come 2009. A more conventional VHF/UHF antenna may be the better
choice for the Philly area.

Alan F