OTA television while traveling?
Hey Everyone, We are definitely "cord cutter's". We have not had satellite, cable or OTA in 10+ years. Where we live we cannot get OTA broadcasts so we have gotten used to not having it. On a ...
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theoldwizard1 wrote:
OTA antennas have changed very little since we went to digital TV (properly called ATSC). The signal coming in is still electromagnetic waves. The big difference is that the frequency range has been drastically cut. This is a bonus, because they got rid of the VHF-Lo band (the old channels 2-6) which required a large antenna for best reception.
Even though they kept VHF-Hi (the old channels 7-13). Most (but not all) broadcasting is done on UHF (only the old channels 14-36)
In short this means that more compact antennas work quite well ! There are several video on YouTube about DIY antennas for very little money.
One thing that has not changed, the higher you ca get your antenna, the better the signal will be.
You may be surprised to find out how many stations are still on VHF-lo and even find that more are moving there under the current repack plan as well those moving to VHF-hi. You can see the moves being made in the consolidation here:
Repack Plan
