Digital TV Signal Finder

JimMartin wrote:
We don't use anything. Just let our HDTV scan for channels itself. Works fine for us.

Our laptop does the same thing for watching digital TV on it. However this scanning does take some time, so if no channels come up from a scan with our RV's rotating roof antenna pointed in a particular direction we have to go through the wait again for another scan after we rotate the antenna slightly. We have to repeat this routine over and over until we hit an antenna direction that produces some digital channels.

All this can take time. It seems like a hand-held instrument to indicate signal strength as you quickly move it around by hand would be far faster than relying on TV channel scanning to locate the general direction for digital TV broadcast stations.

Why find tune? With digital you either get the channel or not.

I fine tune to locate the direction for the largest number of digital TV stations - not to get any particular digital station better or worse.

jdog wrote:
Why find tune? With digital you either get the channel or not.

Sadly with digital trees will block signals.

I find tune the antenna at CG's sometimes to get between the big tree limbs and that can get me 10 more channels and stop all the small digital freezes that can happen when there is interference blocking a clear shot at the signal.

Bordercollie wrote:
CW is selling this device to for $38 and change. It is supposed to help you aim your over the air antenna to find local TV stations and indicates signal strength before you run a channel scan. Are these devices effective.

Of course we only watch intellectually stimulating programs in our rig, LOL!

If you are talking about SureLock® Digital TV Signal Finder,
They work and are simple to use.

My only concern would be that putting any device between the antenna and the amp/switch/tv will reduce the signal level. Just one more thing to cause a problem as well.