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  1. OldAnalogGuy

    Is there such thing as too close?

    Tom J hit the nail-on-the-head! You are probably under what we call the "cone-of-silence". Broadcast antennas, depending on the topography, may transmit a signal at 90 degrees to the tower, or, if in high terrain, install a little down tilt to hit the viewers close to, and below the tower...
  2. OldAnalogGuy

    ABC HD in Medford Oregon??!!

    OK, BH! Know where you are....my allergist (Kerwin) is right up the road from you a mite in that fancy building....(his fees are high, too!) and my son lives a little farther up on Corker Butte! Small Valley, yes? Amazed you know only four with OTA HD. Even if we expand and guess at 400...
  3. OldAnalogGuy

    ABC HD in Medford Oregon??!!

    Hi, Guys.....are we the only three in Medford watching OTA HD? No wonder the stations don't want to spend the $.... ....Yes, BH, I'm in E. Medford, off N. Keene Way near the Eastwood Baptist Church. Not exactly a wonderful spot, but not too bad compared to some..... Don, good luck with...
  4. OldAnalogGuy

    ABC HD in Medford Oregon??!!

    ...."Also keep an eye on 26.1 Kmvu fox they should be HD really SOON!:D Also write KOBI 5.1 NBC". Thanks again for the heads-up, BH! When the last two go HD, I can turn in this 811 and get a 211 (is that right?).....Something that will lock on 10-1 as I understand the 211 doesn't do...
  5. OldAnalogGuy

    So how many hams view this forum??

    N7DKK here. Ham since 1957! (I started young!). Extra class (when they had the 20WPM code test!) No Satellite stuff.....Just chase DX every sunspot cycle and sell everything in the loooong lull. Going to start rebuilding next year and get all the bugs worked out. My best wishes to you, my...
  6. OldAnalogGuy

    ABC HD in Medford Oregon??!!

    Thanks BH for turning me on to this great site! The SB was WONDERFUL in HD! THANKS! Now, BB, here's what I have: The array in the back is a fixed array (for the wife) with antennas pointed toward King, Baldy and Ashland, and the antenna on the rotator is a Winegard dupe of a CM...