[TowerTalk] HD Over-the-air TV

[John,K0QH]

Looks like a data base fishing expedition to me. Why do they need my 
name, e-mail, phone#, etc. No thanks.
John,K0QH

A.J. Farmer (AJ3U) wrote:
> On 3/7/06, Lee Buller <k0wa at swbell.net> wrote:
> 
>>  I know that this might be a little off topic, but I find the whole idea of terrestial high >definition digital television facinating from the idea of signal to noise, propagation, and >multipathing.  Has anyone out there have any experience with HD Terrestial TV?
> 
> 
> Yes, I'm picking up the stations out of Washington DC here at my
> house.  I'm about 60 miles away.  I'm using a UHF directional TV
> antenna with a mast mounted pre-amp.  Since it is digital, the
> reception is crystal clear.  The nice thing about the over the air HD
> channels is that each broadcaster is broadcasting two channels.  One
> is the standard programming (NBC, CBS, FOX, whatever) and the second
> channel most of them have dedicated to local weather.  The ABC station
> here leaves their second channel on their local doppler radar sweep
> 24/7.  Whenever I heard the rumble of thunder, I switch to that
> channel and can see the location and movement of the storms in
> realtime.
> 
> This is a great website for finding what HD stations are in your area:
> 
> http://www.antennaweb.org/aw/welcome.aspx