OTA with Voom
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Stealth Works Great
I have a Stealth at the roofline, and pick up all local HDTV channels well. This antenna is rated 15-30 miles, and I am 21-28 from towers, so I'm right at the higher end of the rated range...yet I get 90% or higher signals on all but 1 channel (local CBS affiliate which is broadcasting on old equipment and at 60% power).
One thing I have learned is that you really have to do your homework to find out what century your local TV stations are in, in terms of equipment. Any problems may not be on your end, rather, some stations are slow at adopting HDTV and/or newer equipment to support it - that was the case with my local CBS station...thought I was getting a weaker signal, when I learned it was the station only broadcasting a little over 1/2 power.
I would recommend this antenna for those in the 15-30 mile distance range.
I have a Stealth at the roofline, and pick up all local HDTV channels well. This antenna is rated 15-30 miles, and I am 21-28 from towers, so I'm right at the higher end of the rated range...yet I get 90% or higher signals on all but 1 channel (local CBS affiliate which is broadcasting on old equipment and at 60% power).
One thing I have learned is that you really have to do your homework to find out what century your local TV stations are in, in terms of equipment. Any problems may not be on your end, rather, some stations are slow at adopting HDTV and/or newer equipment to support it - that was the case with my local CBS station...thought I was getting a weaker signal, when I learned it was the station only broadcasting a little over 1/2 power.
I would recommend this antenna for those in the 15-30 mile distance range.
Hey pmalve I just had NBC show up channel 30-1. Im from Mansfield ct and I am using the stealth antenna they provided, installed with the diplexor in my attic....
I am currently using voom in the Vernon, Ct area. I did have a lot of problems with the initial installation but seems to be working pretty well right now. I did have a contact at installs inc which I have used to get better results with my installs. I did contact him last week to check on WTIC 61 fox station. He has said that Voom will be adding this within a "day or so". Hopefully this will be moving forward.
pmalve said:
That's low to get a lock on the signal. Are you sure the antenna is pointing in the same direction where the transmitter of that channel is. It will help to find out how far is that station from you as well. You maybe out of range or looking in the wrong direction.
I do get WVIT-30 now. The power level reports about 38-40. I am not getting channel WTIC-61. Power level is around 20. :^((
Antennaweb reports both of these sites to be about 20 miles from my house. I am using the channel master stealth with an rotor I had to add on.
Antennaweb reports both of these sites to be about 20 miles from my house. I am using the channel master stealth with an rotor I had to add on.
pmalve said:
I'm in vernon. I am able to get 3-1 springfield, 3-2 hartford, 8 new haven, 20 waterbury, 26 New London, and 30 hartford.
Hey df, glad to see someone else in my area got it 
. I'm just over the Vernon line in Manchester.
. I'm just over the Vernon line in Manchester.
I might be signing up within a few days if the picture stuttering problem mentioned in the other thread clears up or isn't a network-wide issue (and we can see the sat, does anyone around Sacramento, CA have Voom yet?), and I have a question about KMAX-DT UPN 31-1 Sacramento. It doesn't show up in the zap2it guide so does that mean it isn't mapped or could it just be a problem with the guide listing?
deeann said:
deeann, if it's not showing up in zap2it it will need to be mapped. If you want send me an email to Sean_Mota@satelliteguys.us with your address and zipcode and brief descriptions of channels that are not mapped and I'll put the request.
I can't comment yet on the stuttering issue since I am not clear what it is or have not seen it. Also, keep in mind that V* has been working on some of these issues.
Sean Mota said:
Thanks Sean! I sent you email.
(this next part should really be in the other thread, but)
If the stuttering thing is anything like the SureWest problem, you might not notice it at first but when you do, you always notice it (it's kind of like water torture, as you start waiting for when the next frames get dropped
), so hearing someone mention it makes me a *little* bit gun-shy 'cause I recently had to cancel my SureWest cable (like I wrote in the other thread) over something similar so I'm wondering if it's an isolated instance or network wide, but it looks like Voom is pretty quick to address problems so I'm optimistic about it.I got hooked up today in central florida 33844.The installer could not get any o.t.a. thru my voom box (hooked up to video source 1),but ran a splitter directly into my antenna 1 input. He said he called voom and they said they would have to remap and it could be 48 hrs.The response I got from voom was that they could not remap. I get a couple of channels. Voom says they can't do anything ,but it seems to me if I can get the signal from the air directly to my tv I should be able to get it also thru the voom box. Any ideas would be appreciated.
