Hey wood what you think about two vhf antennas connected with the Yagi in opposite directions combined with a blonder tounge then connected to a preamp with the 8 bay uhf. Yeah my ex is getting directv after I cut it off so i told her when she gets satellite back on I want the jetliner back plus it gets 90 miles from the tower.What are you ranting about? I haven't been a "kid" for 40 years. I think you are the one that needs to show some respect. I used to be a Winegard dealer, and did many installs.
Everything I said in my informational post was 100% true. It's quite likely he either has electrical interference nearby, and/or FM radio transmitters that are causing his signal to drop.
Oh, here's a photo of a "power lion":
He might want to learn how to "quote" and respond in the same post too.
someone commented on this aspect off the same article on tv newscheck pertaining to the 600-Megahertz and other things that just maybe we would lose ALOT less stations than first expected.....The funny thing about reading this article you posted ATT spending 10 billion and T-Mobile spending 8 billion....As an ATT customer (cell phone only) all this crap will do is drive up an already expensive waste of money plan....that's just my opinion....Funny how we lose free over the air tv space for the cell companies we waste a s--tload of money on already....
Does the amount of spectrum up for auction decrease each time the process (reverse auction + forward auction) is repeated? I've read that it will decrease from a total of 126 MHz to 114 MHz of spectrum if a second cycle is required. Given how things have gone so far, I imagine there will be multiple cycles before wireless carriers are willing to pony up an amount at which TV broadcasters are willing to sell.
Decoding isn't the issue for broadcasters other than getting tuners with decoders into the homes of viewers. Encoding and multiplexing is their issue and the one that will surely cost the most.
Cool, thanks for the scoop in layman's terms, Trip. Is there any real doubt that the FCC won't approve ATSC 3.0 and the broadcaster coordination/lighthouse tower sharing arrangement that will be necessary to implement it? From what I read, it looks like the standard will be finalized by end of this year or early next. As for computing horsepower to decode HEVC, I don't think it's that big of a deal; the Roku 4, Amazon Fire TV, and TiVo Bolt boxes introduced last fall all can do it. I have no doubt that a couple of years from now (probably sooner), we'll see small sticks/dongles that can decode HEVC. I imagine the simplest ATSC 3.0 tuners will be just that -- dongles that plug into an HDMI 2.0 port on a TV/monitor with a coax jack for connecting the antenna.
If the broadcasters don't have a clearly defined road map to voluntary transition by 2025, the should stick a fork in it right now. The repack is mandated whether they're ready or not and I expect that the window of opportunity will be closed in by then.
Um, yeah, I'm aware it's a different question. You ended your earlier comment with "the FCC has yet to even take the first step toward approving it" which could be interpreted as casting doubt on whether the FCC ever will, in fact, approve it. Which is why I asked the follow-up question.
