Re: OT over the air antennas

2019-09-16 Thread Andy Baracco
Kim komando sells an indoor antenna on her site that has good reviews, for whatever that means. www.komando.com Andy - Original Message - From: "Arlene" To: Sent: Monday, September 16, 2019 3:12 PM Subject: Re: OT over the air antennas We mount ours in either the a

Re: OT over the air antennas

2019-09-16 Thread Arlene
for a really good one. - Original Message - From: "Andy Baracco" To: Sent: Monday, September 16, 2019 3:23 PM Subject: Re: OT over the air antennas My experience has been that indoor digital TV antennas are very suspect. Unlike analog signals, digital signals are either there,

Re: OT over the air antennas

2019-09-16 Thread Keith Bierman
; > - Original Message - > *From:* Keith Bierman > *To:* viphone@googlegroups.com > *Sent:* Monday, September 16, 2019 1:58 PM > *Subject:* Re: OT over the air antennas > > " digital signals are either there, or they're not." > > Well, yes and no

Re: OT over the air antennas

2019-09-16 Thread Andy Baracco
@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, September 16, 2019 1:58 PM Subject: Re: OT over the air antennas " digital signals are either there, or they're not." Well, yes and no. All signals are analog (even your "digital media" like a hard disk). Internally, wha

Re: OT over the air antennas

2019-09-16 Thread Keith Bierman
" digital signals are either there, or they're not." Well, yes and no. *All* signals are analog (even your "digital media" like a hard disk). Internally, what is sensed directly by the electronics is analog. We then convert the signal to digital ... for example we might sense "+3.4 volts" ... in

Re: OT over the air antennas

2019-09-16 Thread Andy Baracco
My experience has been that indoor digital TV antennas are very suspect. Unlike analog signals, digital signals are either there, or they're not. They are not forgiving. I know someone who had some success with this type of antenna when he stuck it out of an open window. He was lucky because