Orlando OTA reception

Anyone getting OTA HDTV reception from Orlando in the Lady Lake/Villages
area?

If so, what type of antenna setup?

Thanks.

I use an external Radio Shack antenna and a rotor.
I receive about 24 digital and 14 analog channels all the time.


Bishoop wrote:
Anyone getting OTA HDTV reception from Orlando in the Lady Lake/Villages
area?

If so, what type of antenna setup?

Thanks.

Bishoop wrote:
Anyone getting OTA HDTV reception from Orlando in the Lady Lake/Villages
area?

If so, what type of antenna setup?

Thanks.

If you post your zip code, we can look up the stations and the
approximate distances & directions to them. The starting point for you
is to go to antennaweb.org, enter your zip & maybe your address, add an
antenna height of say, 50', under the options link to get a more
complete list of digital stations (antennaweb is very conservative on
digital reception).

The key is whether all your digital stations are on UHF or are some on
VHF - the last number on the rows for the station list is the actual
broadcast channel. Digital broadcasting is done on different channels
from the current analog channels you know the station by, because it
would interfere. The digital broadcast channel is mapped to the analog
channel by the ATSC receiver. Because the VHF channels are mostly filled
with analog stations, most stations are digital simulcasting on UHF.
This will change in 2009 after the analog shutdown as some stations will
shift their digital broadcast to their current analog channel. The
bottom line is that for digital reception, most people need a good UHF
antenna, but will also need to receive upper VHF for the post-2009
switchover.

Again, your zip code makes it easy to look the stations up.

Alan F

"Nermal" wrote in message
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I use an external Radio Shack antenna and a rotor.
I receive about 24 digital and 14 analog channels all the time.


Bishoop wrote:
Anyone getting OTA HDTV reception from Orlando in the Lady Lake/Villages
area?

If so, what type of antenna setup?

Thanks.

Just to confirm, you are in the Lady Lake/Villages area?

What height is your antenna?

"Alan F" wrote in message
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Bishoop wrote:
Anyone getting OTA HDTV reception from Orlando in the Lady Lake/Villages
area?

If so, what type of antenna setup?

Thanks.

If you post your zip code, we can look up the stations and the
approximate distances & directions to them. The starting point for you
is to go to antennaweb.org, enter your zip & maybe your address, add an
antenna height of say, 50', under the options link to get a more
complete list of digital stations (antennaweb is very conservative on
digital reception).

The key is whether all your digital stations are on UHF or are some on
VHF - the last number on the rows for the station list is the actual
broadcast channel. Digital broadcasting is done on different channels
from the current analog channels you know the station by, because it
would interfere. The digital broadcast channel is mapped to the analog
channel by the ATSC receiver. Because the VHF channels are mostly filled
with analog stations, most stations are digital simulcasting on UHF.
This will change in 2009 after the analog shutdown as some stations will
shift their digital broadcast to their current analog channel. The
bottom line is that for digital reception, most people need a good UHF
antenna, but will also need to receive upper VHF for the post-2009
switchover.

Again, your zip code makes it easy to look the stations up.

Alan F

I did as you suggested. At 50' antenna height they listed two stations,
none in Orlando.

I'm quite sure I cannot get permission for a 50' antenna in our community.

I guess just wait for DishNetwork to get off their duff. They said Orlando
would be up before the end of 2006, but that target has come and gone.

Bishoop wrote:
"Alan F" wrote in message
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Bishoop wrote:
Anyone getting OTA HDTV reception from Orlando in the Lady Lake/Villages
area?

If so, what type of antenna setup?

Thanks.
If you post your zip code, we can look up the stations and the
approximate distances & directions to them. The starting point for you
is to go to antennaweb.org, enter your zip & maybe your address, add an
antenna height of say, 50', under the options link to get a more
complete list of digital stations (antennaweb is very conservative on
digital reception).

The key is whether all your digital stations are on UHF or are some on
VHF - the last number on the rows for the station list is the actual
broadcast channel. Digital broadcasting is done on different channels
from the current analog channels you know the station by, because it
would interfere. The digital broadcast channel is mapped to the analog
channel by the ATSC receiver. Because the VHF channels are mostly filled
with analog stations, most stations are digital simulcasting on UHF.
This will change in 2009 after the analog shutdown as some stations will
shift their digital broadcast to their current analog channel. The
bottom line is that for digital reception, most people need a good UHF
antenna, but will also need to receive upper VHF for the post-2009
switchover.

Again, your zip code makes it easy to look the stations up.

Alan F

I did as you suggested. At 50' antenna height they listed two stations,
none in Orlando.

I'm quite sure I cannot get permission for a 50' antenna in our community.

I guess just wait for DishNetwork to get off their duff. They said Orlando
would be up before the end of 2006, but that target has come and gone.

Don't get too hung up on the 50' number. I have to enter 150' for the
antenna height to get an approximate match of the 17 digital stations I
receive with an Channel Master 4221 in my attic. But a total of two
digital stations is not promising. But Florida is pretty flat, so a
reception at 60 or 70 miles is doable in many cases with a good rooftop
antenna. How far away are you from Orlando? What is your zip code?

Alan F

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Don't get too hung up on the 50' number. I have to enter 150' for the
antenna height to get an approximate match of the 17 digital stations I
receive with an Channel Master 4221 in my attic. But a total of two
digital stations is not promising. But Florida is pretty flat, so a
reception at 60 or 70 miles is doable in many cases with a good rooftop
antenna. How far away are you from Orlando? What is your zip code?

Alan F

I will attest to what Alan is saying. I'm in Sebring and in a community
that previously had forbid outside antenna's.

Not sure which antenna I have, but it is about 4 - 6 ft long, less that 1
inch deep and about 4 - 5 inches wide. It is sitting atop a 20 foot pole
with a rotor and amplifier.

I receive all digital channels from Tampa and Fort Myers. Once in a while
the station I'm watching will pixelate but just switch to the same network
in the other town, and all is just fine.

I don't think Orlando is further away from Lady Lake than I am from Ft.
Myers or Tampa.

I am able to receive some Orlando stations but not as well as the other two
cities.

Good Luck!!!!!!!

Jim

I am across from Universal Studio. The antenna (today) is about 15 feet
off the ground. I have a 10 db booster amp in line (since I am in a
null zone). The reception is much better 40 feet east or west from my
house.

Bishoop wrote:
"Nermal" wrote in message
news
I use an external Radio Shack antenna and a rotor.
I receive about 24 digital and 14 analog channels all the time.


Bishoop wrote:

Anyone getting OTA HDTV reception from Orlando in the Lady Lake/Villages
area?

If so, what type of antenna setup?

Thanks.


Just to confirm, you are in the Lady Lake/Villages area?

What height is your antenna?

"Alan F" wrote in message
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Bishoop wrote:
"Alan F" wrote in message
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Bishoop wrote:
Anyone getting OTA HDTV reception from Orlando in the Lady
Lake/Villages area?

If so, what type of antenna setup?

Thanks.
If you post your zip code, we can look up the stations and the
approximate distances & directions to them. The starting point for you
is to go to antennaweb.org, enter your zip & maybe your address, add an
antenna height of say, 50', under the options link to get a more
complete list of digital stations (antennaweb is very conservative on
digital reception).

The key is whether all your digital stations are on UHF or are some on
VHF - the last number on the rows for the station list is the actual
broadcast channel. Digital broadcasting is done on different channels
from the current analog channels you know the station by, because it
would interfere. The digital broadcast channel is mapped to the analog
channel by the ATSC receiver. Because the VHF channels are mostly filled
with analog stations, most stations are digital simulcasting on UHF.
This will change in 2009 after the analog shutdown as some stations will
shift their digital broadcast to their current analog channel. The
bottom line is that for digital reception, most people need a good UHF
antenna, but will also need to receive upper VHF for the post-2009
switchover.

Again, your zip code makes it easy to look the stations up.

Alan F

I did as you suggested. At 50' antenna height they listed two stations,
none in Orlando.

I'm quite sure I cannot get permission for a 50' antenna in our
community.

I guess just wait for DishNetwork to get off their duff. They said
Orlando would be up before the end of 2006, but that target has come and
gone.

Don't get too hung up on the 50' number. I have to enter 150' for the
antenna height to get an approximate match of the 17 digital stations I
receive with an Channel Master 4221 in my attic. But a total of two
digital stations is not promising. But Florida is pretty flat, so a
reception at 60 or 70 miles is doable in many cases with a good rooftop
antenna. How far away are you from Orlando? What is your zip code?

Alan F

I'm located about 45 crow flying miles from Orlando. The zip code is 32159.

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"Alan F" wrote in message
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Don't get too hung up on the 50' number. I have to enter 150' for the
antenna height to get an approximate match of the 17 digital stations I
receive with an Channel Master 4221 in my attic. But a total of two
digital stations is not promising. But Florida is pretty flat, so a
reception at 60 or 70 miles is doable in many cases with a good rooftop
antenna. How far away are you from Orlando? What is your zip code?

Alan F

I will attest to what Alan is saying. I'm in Sebring and in a community
that previously had forbid outside antenna's.

Not sure which antenna I have, but it is about 4 - 6 ft long, less that 1
inch deep and about 4 - 5 inches wide. It is sitting atop a 20 foot pole
with a rotor and amplifier.

I receive all digital channels from Tampa and Fort Myers. Once in a while
the station I'm watching will pixelate but just switch to the same network
in the other town, and all is just fine.

I don't think Orlando is further away from Lady Lake than I am from Ft.
Myers or Tampa.

I am able to receive some Orlando stations but not as well as the other
two cities.

Good Luck!!!!!!!

Jim

I checked the map and Sebring is about 75 miles from both Tampa and Orlando.
I'm located about 45 miles from Orlando.

So it certainly sound doable.

Thanks for the input.