 antdudeA Ninja AntPremium,VIP
join:2001-03-25
kudos:2
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| Had to dump my rabbit ears and get a bowtie antenna. I got one of these bowtie antennae: »www.antennasdirect.com/DB2_Indoo···nna.html (30 miles). It works better for analog feed too, but channels 2, 4, and 5 aren't clear still.  |
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 HallPremium,MVM
join:2000-04-28
Dayton, OH
kudos:1 | Bowtie antennas are almost uniquely for the UHF band. Safe to say your channels 2, 4 and 5 are on VHF. |
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A DB-2 won't work for VHF, because it's not a VHF antenna.
You could add on a low-band VHF antenna for channels 2, 4, and 5. |
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antdudeA Ninja AntPremium,VIP
join:2001-03-25
kudos:2 Reviews:
·RoadRunner Cable
1 edit | said by russotto:A DB-2 won't work for VHF, because it's not a VHF antenna. You could add on a low-band VHF antenna for channels 2, 4, and 5. Ahh. Well since I don't watch analog a lot, I will just keep using digital and 2009 deadline is near. 
I assume digital won't have problems in the future. |
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Time4aNAPPremium
join:2007-04-09
Des Plaines, IL | reply to Hall
said by Hall:Bowtie antennas are almost uniquely for the UHF band. Safe to say your channels 2, 4 and 5 are on VHF. The bowtie antenna becomes large and unwieldy at low VHF frequencies, so it's not used for VHF reception. However on the transmitter side, the batwing antenna, a longtime favorite of VHF broadcasters, bears a striking resemblance to the bowtie.
FWIW, rabbit ears have always been awful for analog TV. Using them with digital might provide better results. But nothing beats a good, directional antenna, be it indoors or outdoors. |
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 FlummoxedPremium
join:2002-01-24
Saint Peters, MO
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I bought a DB8 antenna from this website, with me being only 20-25 miles away from the farthest tower I could have got a smaller one, but I'm a guy so I went with the biggest one . It picks up all my local stations, analog and digital, all stations in St. Louis are digital ready. All I had to do was point it into the general direction and in came the beautiful video. |
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antdudeA Ninja AntPremium,VIP
join:2001-03-25
kudos:2 Reviews:
·RoadRunner Cable
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said by Time4aNAP:said by Hall:FWIW, rabbit ears have always been awful for analog TV. Using them with digital might provide better results. But nothing beats a good, directional antenna, be it indoors or outdoors. Yeah, I wanted to get an indoor antenna too. |
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antdudeA Ninja AntPremium,VIP
join:2001-03-25
kudos:2 Reviews:
·RoadRunner Cable
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said by Flummoxed:I bought a DB8 antenna from this website, with me being only 20-25 miles away from the farthest tower I could have got a smaller one, but I'm a guy so I went with the biggest one . It picks up all my local stations, analog and digital, all stations in St. Louis are digital ready. All I had to do was point it into the general direction and in came the beautiful video. Dang, isn't DB8 antenna big for indoor? |
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 cdruGo ColtsPremium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
kudos:5
 ·Frontier FiOS
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said by antdude:said by russotto:A DB-2 won't work for VHF, because it's not a VHF antenna. You could add on a low-band VHF antenna for channels 2, 4, and 5. Ahh. Well since I don't watch analog a lot, I will just keep using digital and 2009 deadline is near. I assume digital won't have problems in the future. Digital or analog won't change the fact that the signal is VHF. VHF and UHF are ranges of frequencies. Digital or analog is what the wave form looks like, not it's frequency. If you ever want to pick up anything channels 2-13, you really should get a VHF antenna.
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