On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 5:12 PM, t.piwowar <t...@tjpa.com> wrote: > On Jan 1, 2010, at 11:03 AM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: > >> Apparently the FCC didn't test many if any digital VHF broadcasts when >> they >> were running both analog and digital. VHF has some nice propagation >> properties with requard to longer ranges that they wanted to keep but >> significant downsides in the digital transmission. During the test period >> they were on a UHF frequency for the digital test signal which worked >> better >> close in. >> > > I found that placing an aluminum pie pan on top of my fancy indoor antenna > brought the signal strength for 9 from around 10 to around 80. Reception is > now okay. > > > An antenna with a tin foil hat. I'll try that with the pie pan I got laying around.
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