Night-time is digital TV 'skip' time in West Michigan....

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Switched over to OTA tonite, when the satellite dish mover on the BUD quit. (will fix tomorrow.) Locals are almost non-existent, but....from just North of I-96 halfway between G.R. and Lansing where we usually have Grand Rapids, Lansing, and Flint on the virtually mapped TV dial, the "usuals" are fighting to get in, and instead, Cadillac/Traverse City; Ann Arbor/Detroit are showing up on "scan additional" tonite.

Digital is certainly a little less "predictable" than the snowy and black-"floating hum-bar" (TV) skip of my younger years when multiple stations would fight to be seen! Wasn't expecting this tonite with the cooler temps, either!

On the roof: My favorite TV antenna of all time....Antennacraft RV style antenna, plastic housing, VHF dipoles in back, UHF directors in front. total of 4 elements and a kick-donkey amplifier. Wish they still made this model today! Radio shack sold it back in the 1980's and 1990's. Somewhat directional, VERY effective.

Now back to our regularly scheduled thread.....
 

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Two weeks ago I received CW channel 15 and sub channel The Cool TV from Lancaster crystal clear with no breakups for about 2 hours here in Pittsburgh 249 miles away using an Antennacraft MXU59 antenna. This time of year those "skip" channels can be received from time to time.
 

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