Re: [CGUYS] myEarthLink News Article - Reception problems linger after DTV transition

2009-06-18 Thread Robert Carroll
I am in Vienna, VA. and can't get channels 7 and 9. I have an Antennas Direct model DB2 external antenna (UHF) as well as an amplified UHF/VHF rabbit ear antenna, plus several non-amplified ones. None provides any picture at all on the two channels. I was aware but paid little attention to

Re: [CGUYS] myEarthLink News Article - Reception problems linger after DTV transition

2009-06-18 Thread Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS)
I don't care about television. But I am counting on you guys to solve the reception issues for OTA digital TV before OTA digital radio becomes more common. I live in western Loudoun county VA, so have not yet put up the money for a receiver to see if I can receive digital radio. Thank you,

Re: [CGUYS] myEarthLink News Article - Reception problems linger after DTV transition

2009-06-18 Thread t.piwowar
From what I've been reading and hearing from people who bought one, digital radio is the least attractive choice. I have asked several people who have both satellite and OTA digital and they told me they stopped using the OTA digital because the signal was so unreliable. YMMV. On Jun 18,

Re: [CGUYS] myEarthLink News Article - Reception problems linger after DTV transition

2009-06-18 Thread Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS)
Thanks for the response, Tom. I am asking now, while there are still plenty of analogue radio broadcasts because it would appear to be the next band of spectrum the FCC can harvest, that analogue radio will convert someday. Anyone know differently? Will I be stuck with satellite radio out in

Re: [CGUYS] myEarthLink News Article - Reception problems linger after DTV transition

2009-06-18 Thread Art Clemons
From what I've been reading and hearing from people who bought one, digital radio is the least attractive choice. I have asked several people who have both satellite and OTA digital and they told me they stopped using the OTA digital because the signal was so unreliable. YMMV. Digital

[CGUYS] Apple Doing No Better Than Mr Softie

2009-06-18 Thread t.piwowar
http://www.pcworld.com/article/166913/ frustrated_iphone_users_stymied_by_overloaded_apple_servers.html The delays seem two-fold: downloading the 3.0 software and then activating (or re-activating) the iPhone. When are the big guys going to follow NASA's lead and start using BitTorrent?

Re: [CGUYS] myEarthLink News Article - Reception problems linger after DTV transition

2009-06-18 Thread Art Clemons
am asking now, while there are still plenty of analogue radio broadcasts because it would appear to be the next band of spectrum the FCC can harvest, that analogue radio will convert someday. Anyone know differently? Will I be stuck with satellite radio out in the boonies? HD radio on AM

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Doing No Better Than Mr Softie

2009-06-18 Thread mike
I imagine it would be easier to inject bad code from a bogus seeder. Unless you are going to asking everyone to do hash checks. On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 9:43 AM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: http://www.pcworld.com/article/166913/

Re: [CGUYS] myEarthLink News Article - Reception problems linger after DTV transition

2009-06-18 Thread Tony B
This seems unlikely, at least at this time. Compared to TV, the frequencies used by the present broadcast radio stations is tiny, so there's no great advantage to going digital. More likely what will happen is some sort of 4G or Wimax solution. But until cars start coming with internet-only

[CGUYS] I Got 9

2009-06-18 Thread t.piwowar
Finally today. Signal strength is between 85 and 90, which is plenty good enough, but not the 100 I get with most other stations. Hooray! * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** **

Re: [CGUYS] I Got 9

2009-06-18 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 11:03 PM, t.piwowart...@tjpa.com wrote: Finally today. Signal strength is between 85 and 90, which is plenty good enough, but not the 100 I get with most other stations. Hooray! The problem with digital OTA transmissions has been well exhibited by our local