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Bill_Satellite
Oct 25, 2015Explorer II
SoundGuy wrote:Bill.Satellite wrote:
If you use a Sensar plus the Sensar Pro then you have the better antenna and it takes less than 10 seconds to point properly.
As a Sensar IV / SensarPro owner I'd disagree. At home most of us now live in an age of cable and satellite feeds that require no fiddling around with an antenna so having to do so when camping is a real PITA. Here at the house I regularly receive 23 stations, most off the CN Tower in Toronto or from across the lake in Buffalo but in that group of US stations WGRZ (VHF Ch 2 in the analogue days, now transmitting on UHF Ch33 but shows up as virtual Ch 2.1 on the television) is flaky at the best of times even though it's transmitter is located in the same area as most of the other Buffalo stations. So too is our Canadian CTV flagship station CFTO in Toronto which transmits on VHF Ch 9 and isn't but 30 miles from here ... should come in like gangbusters, but doesn't unless I fiddle and fool with the Sensar IV and do multiple scans. If I camp 30 minutes from here I'm lucky to find even a couple of stations, no matter how many scans I do, no matter how much I fool around with my Sensar IV antenna. No wonder so many go to satellite ... or give up entirely on OTA. :R
To disagree you would have to show me some other RV antenna that you have used at that location that does a better/quicker job. Just because you are in an area with bad reception does not mean there is anything wrong with your antenna or that some other RV antenna would do better. I am not sure how Cable or Satellite TV entered this discussion.
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