Mike,
I know of a couple of people who were able to "get around" the address issue by adding "Apartment 2" to the address, and using a different name (like a daughter, son, etc.). Now it looks like a multiple occupancy rather than a single-family home. But since the government is either out of, or running WAY behind on distributing coupons, this may be a moot point. I only have one brand here (Magnavox) and it doesn't work well, IMHO. I bought the Magnavox because it allows signal pass-through - most of the boxes for sale do NOT. Of course, that won't be an issue after February, since there will be no analog signal that you'd want to pass through anyway, but in the meantime. It was mainly so I could test, and the results I've seen are not impressive. Like I stated in an earlier message, I feel the receiver leaves a lot to be desired, sensitivity-wise. (Unless the transmitters are operating at a lower power.) The boxes seem to need a LOT of signal in order to decode properly. Mark - N9WYS From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Morris WA6ILQ I've got a different problem - 1) the folks that had this mobile home before me "burned" this address as far as the coupon database is concerned (I can't get coupons at this address). 2) They won't send them to a PO box. 3) The post office forwards my old address, but I can't use it - the envelopes have a DO NOT FORWARD stamp on them. 4) I can't use my work address, as the address database knows that it's a business. 5) All of my friends are getting boxes using their addresses - they want the extra box for hacking purposes (nobody has a spare coupon). 6) According to the NAB SmartBrief newsletter for January 6, 2009 the coupon folks have run out of DTV coupons and have started a waiting list. >As of Sunday, the U.S. government had run out of the $40 coupons that >can be used to buy converter boxes for the DTV transition. A huge >spike in requests in December -- when the government anticipated about >4 million requests but received 7.2 million -- now means new >coupon-seekers have to be put on a waiting list. According to a report >in National Journal's CongressDaily, the coupon shortfall stems from >NTIA's reliance on estimates from the Consumer Electronics Association >and Nielsen Media Research, as opposed to the higher estimate made by NAB. For info on the National Association of Broadcasters SmartBrief see < http://www.smartbrief.com/nab <http://www.smartbrief.com/nab> > Anybody else have suggestions / recommendations / warnings about what brand of box to buy or to avoid ? Mike WA6ILQ
