DTV Reception

It's so flat that when you lose your marbles, you have to chase them
down in Oklahoma!

I really don't get this. Channel 4 keeps freezing and restarting now
(peak 26).....that was my best one. 11 and 13 have no signal, but they
did earlier. (I didn't rescan or move anything.) Channel 22 "peaks" at
26. 54 peaks at 24. I take it thats the percentage? The tech last
night told me that I probably wouldn't pick anything up below 50%.

On Apr 4, 8:32*pm, (Dianne K) wrote:
I really don't get this. *Channel 4 keeps freezing and restarting now
(peak 26).....that was my best one. *11 *and 13 have no signal, but they
did earlier. *(I didn't rescan or move anything.) *Channel 22 "peaks" at
26. *54 peaks at 24. * I take it thats the percentage? *The tech last
night told me that I probably wouldn't pick anything up below 50%.

My TV usually has a 20-25 minimum, but that low end drops off so much
when there's cliff effect, that I think the response is logarhythmic,
and can't accurately measure below 18 at all. So 50 would be a solid
signal, and things might start to break up below that.

Signal strength is also subject to fluctuation, so you may have to try
adjusting the antenna to compensate and improve the signal if it's
dropping. A better antenna may pull in more signal in the first place
to prevent the dropout, although I've gotten by just looking at the
antenna meter while I lay my rabbit ears down a different way. I don't
have a convenient holder for them. So you may try pinching them
together, keeping them long, and laying them down across the top of TV
or wherever you have them. If that improves the signal on the other
digitals, that's even better. The important thing is to use the meter
as a measurable way to find out the best position for receiving the
signals.