[TowerTalk] HD Over-the-air TV

[J. Gordon Beattie, Jr., W2TTT]

Anyone know about New York City or northern New Jersey DTV?

73,
Gordon Beattie, W2TTT
201.314.6964
w2ttt at att.net
w2ttt at arrl.net
w2ttt at att.com
 

-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of John,K0QH
Sent: Tuesday, 07 March, 2006 14:37
To: A.J. Farmer (AJ3U)
Cc: TowerTalk Reflector; Lee Buller
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] HD Over-the-air TV

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

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