Re: Antenna and widescreen
Submitted by Anonymous Source (not verified) on Fri, 03/30/2007 - 9:14am.

Myhousemf wrote:
Anonymous Source wrote:

Best indoor antenna I have found is a Radio Shack antenna that looks like a UFO. It lets you rotate it to provide the strongest signal. It made a huge difference for me.

That is the antenna I have....

KOIN's open says they are broadcasting in Digital Widescreen....and i'm not getting it...and KGW's HD signal doesn't come in either, nor does KRCW. The rest are perfect!


I live in the Rock Creek area near Hillsboro and the KOIN signal is the weakest of all. Put your antenna near a window and see if that helps. Don't forget to wait a few seconds after you rotate the antenna to allow the receiver to try to lock on the signal. It could also be that the receiver card you have is just not sensitive enough to pick up the signals you are missing. I use OPB as my reference signal as it is the strongest digital channel for me.

Your problem brings up what I consider to be the one of the problems with shutting off analog transmissions - lack of signal strength on the digital channels. People now receiving OTA signals in outlying areas will, in all probability, not be able to receive OTA digital. These are the same folks who don't have cable available and may not have a good sight line to satellites. They are going to be a might upset. $40 vouchers for digital receivers will do them no good.

Remember that KOIN is digital widescreen, not high definition.

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