My new kitchen DTV setup!

Sedwick · Post by **Sedwick** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 5:45 pm

Amplied digital/analog/FM antenna with Best Buy gift card: $0.

DTV converter box with gov't coupon and same gift card: $0.

Co-axial to mini-jack adapter at Radio Shack: $4.99.

Bringing a 20-year-old black-and-white portable into the 21st century: Priceless.

SilverFJ · Post by **SilverFJ** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 6:01 pm

Those Montreal seasonings are out of control.

AlphaDoG · Post by **AlphaDoG** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 7:17 pm

NICE!

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 7:36 pm

Needs more Cowbell!

Floyd · Post by **Floyd** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:56 am

a hypnoscreen for the kitchen - cool!

Sergeant Thorne · Post by **Sergeant Thorne** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 8:06 am

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 8:19 am

The fidelity has blown my socks off. Cheers.

Tunnelcat · Post by **Tunnelcat** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 10:34 am

You must be close to your broadcaster's transmitters in order to pick up their signals with your-in the-cabinet antenna. Me, I've got this humongous 15' VHF/UHF antenna mounted in my attic just so that I can pick up the over-the-air stations that are over forty miles away!

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:28 am

psst, UHF/VHF doesn't exist any more. or shouldn't.

EngDrewman · Post by **EngDrewman** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:03 pm

Props on your setup!

Duper wrote:psst, UHF/VHF doesn't exist any more. or shouldn't.

Actually, it appears standard broadcast still hasn't been shut off yet- I just turned on my 1983 Sony Watchman and I'm still getting reception. Anyone know the real shutoff date?

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:45 pm

OOOoohhhh..

ok, I'll sit down.

Sedwick · Post by **Sedwick** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 11:19 pm

tunnelcat wrote:You must be close to your broadcaster's transmitters in order to pick up their signals with your in-the-cabinet antenna.

About 20 miles away, but it depends on the station. Channel 24 is kinda flaky and 18 is even worse, but 58 comes in fine.

Thanks for all the props, guys!

Spidey · Post by **Spidey** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 2:55 pm

JFTR Digital TV is broadcast over the same UHF/VHF channels as before, except the channels over 51 (698-806 MHz) are being turned back over to the government to be auctioned off.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:53 pm

just saw a commercial that said that the cut off date has been pushed out till June.

Tunnelcat · Post by **Tunnelcat** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 3:37 pm

The final cutoff date is June 12, 2009 although two stations have already shut off their analog signal. I'm about 50 miles away from the local Eugene, Oregon affiliate transmitters. Here's the rat trap mess my husband and I set up in our attic.

This is our old Radio Shack VHF/UHF antenna we've originally had for picking up the old VHF/UHF analog broadcasts. We mounted a protractor on it to get the exact angle to the transmitters.

Unfortunately, the front UHF section is too small for really picking up the digital broadcasts, so we had to go and buy this UHF antenna and mount it with a mast mounted amplifier.

We had to go through all these shenigans due to the distance we are from the transmitters and all the mountains and hills that cause all sorts of multipath reception problems for us here.

My new kitchen DTV setup!

My new kitchen DTV setup!

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