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dfecarter
Last reply · posted in Over the Air Television By RabbitEars.Info
Hi I sub to Frontier Cable but have had various ota antennas to supplement my tv reception.
I am looking for a compact yet solid unit, stationary, directional preferably able to mount on a small mast such as a j mount, on the outside of my roof.
I bought a View TV wa-2608, which was cheap and actually not that bad but I hate the rotator feature and the antenna doesn't tighten securely on to the short mount I bought. Will likely return, it also is real tough to aim and lock in to the few ota tv signals I can get from Htfd and Nh areas (CT) which are about 25-35v miles from there transmitters.
Thanks!
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Nascarken 91xg
I suggest a winegurd HD8200u if you are looking to get WTNH CHANNEL,8 wich is
Low vhf and you have a lot of hi vhf,and then you have uhf all so. and a cm- 7777
Amp and u should be able too get channels .out of springfield ma wwlp,22,which is
Hi vhf,&WGGB,40,which is a uhf channel,good luck be safe and look out for the power
Line's, yes that!! 91xg is one he'll of an antenna but it's only uhf,in ct,&mass have a lot of
Uhf/hi,vhf,and a hand full of low,vhf,
harshness
I suggest a winegurd HD8200u if you are looking to get WTNH CHANNEL,8 wich is Low vhf and you have a lot of hi vhf,and then you have uhf all so.
So there is no confusion from your posting of incorrect information, WTNH broadcasts on RF channel 10 so it is actually near the middle of the VHF high band.
boba
So there is no confusion from your posting of incorrect information, WTNH broadcasts on RF channel 10 so it is actually near the middle of the VHF high band.
Thank you for correcting bad posting by nascarken 91xg it would be nice if Scott would allow blocking posters of bad information. He even murders the English language.
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primestar31
Thank you for correcting bad posting by nascarken 91xg it would be nice if Scott would allow blocking posters of bad information. He even murders the English language.

Click on the username next to a post, and then click on "ignore".

For what it's worth, I think he's trying to be helpful. He has made attempts to be more coherent. However, there's some sort of communication barrier that for whatever reason gets in the way. Perhaps he's not a English as first language speaker, like Richie Rich.
boba
Click on the username next to a post, and then click on "ignore".

For what it's worth, I think he's trying to be helpful. He has made attempts to be more coherent. However, there's some sort of communication barrier that for whatever reason gets in the way. Perhaps he's not a English as first language speaker, like Richie Rich.
Ignore doesn't eliminate the bad posts it just leaves a hole in the conversation where you have to guess what others are posting about...It looks more like he is texting instead of using correctly spelled words.
Lurker
Ignore doesn't eliminate the bad posts it just leaves a hole in the conversation where you have to guess what others are posting about...It looks more like he is texting instead of using correctly spelled words.
Don't worry, it is not hard to guess when others are posting about more unintelligible gibberish.
dfecarter
so I ended up installing the extreme signal yagi antenna in my attic, see photo - results quite good! I bought a kitz preamp (mast based) , with a passive monster cable spliter. I chose my attic, realizing I was sacrificing 10-30% signal because I promised my wife no more antennas on the roof (used to have a high mast and larger antenna) but I did add an 8' cband dish in my background, lol.
This antenna is a good one! long about 82 inches long and slightly tricky to assemble but mfr. has an on-line video. oh the other antenna is an FM only antenna...anyone think their could be interference with the 2 so close together? thanks.
hancox
so I ended up installing the extreme signal yagi antenna in my attic, see photo - results quite good! I bought a kitz preamp (mast based) , with a passive monster cable spliter. I chose my attic, realizing I was sacrificing 10-30% signal because I promised my wife no more antennas on the roof (used to have a high mast and larger antenna) but I did add an 8' cband dish in my background, lol.
This antenna is a good one! long about 82 inches long and slightly tricky to assemble but mfr. has an on-line video. oh the other antenna is an FM only antenna...anyone think their could be interference with the 2 so close together? thanks.

I'm interested in what you got with an attic install against *that* tvfool report - i honestly would have given up.
dfecarter
with the extreme signal yagi antenna and the kitx pre-amp. on my attic mast - I have been able to lock in 100% even in poor weather, CH.30 wvit and the 2 sub chs. , well the first few days ch. 20 reception was descent in good weather, low winds and borderline when atmospheric conditions were less optimal. What I was surprised in was that fox61 from Htfd. and antenna tv was intermittent to watchable depending on weather. I still need to play a round with aiming of that antenna a bit, maybe to give up on ch61 and move the antenna east southeast a bit to stabilize ch. 20 a bit while holding on to wvit but bring down the signal numbers a few notches.
mind you I am literally 1 mile east of danbury and like 8 miles from the Ny border near Carmel, NY.
My intention is to add a second bowtie antenna and aim it at wzme ch.43 which isn't far from me but is another lower power station.
If I recall correctly my tv fool report called for me to have a harder time locking in wvit.
I still can't pick up wtnh on high VHF, which is not a bid deal for me.
Van
Van
Last reply · posted in What's Cooking?
Who says dinner or lunch has to be the only good meals of the day?

Honey butter grits with scrambled eggs and grilled boneless pork ribs on flakey biscuits washed down with cranberry juice.
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Cold morning today, only 32 degrees. Fired up the oven and made cinnamon rolls (from a tube) and a pot of coffee.
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2 egg burrito with bacon and a side of hashbrowns. Coffee.

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Breakfast Quesadillas. Grilled flour tortilla filled with scrambled eggs, hash browns, chopped green chile, cheddar & Jack cheese and bacon. Coffee.

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Bobby
Taco omelette. 3 eggs, taco meat from yesterday, diced green chilis, cheddar cheese, chopped red onion, avocado, black olives, chopped tomato, La Victoria Salsa Brava.

This one was really, really good!
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Thought I was getting a Chorizo and egg burrito (marker had rubbed off)but was a roast beef/potato I made up before hunting this morning.
Btw every morning at camp I cooked my homemade Chorizo and scrambled eggs plus sausage side while my brother brought bacon. (they liked both the beef and pork versions)
Scott Greczkowski
Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU! Cutting Edge
Last reply · posted in The Chit Chat Club
Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!

So let the game continue!

The last song was added by Bobby who posted...

One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters

CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!

Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game

Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.

Example:

Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow

Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio

Another example:

Ride the Lightning -- Metallica

Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne


Get it?


An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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On with the Show - The Rolling Stones
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The Show Must Go On - Pink Floyd
Bobby
If Love Must Go - Dobie Gray
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Drift Away - Dobie Gray
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Throwing It All Away - Genesis
dishstaller
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· posted in The Phone & Tablet Zone
We were up in Pigeon Forge, TN a month ago and we couldn't get anything on our phones to work on mobile data...the Ookla speed test app couldn't even do a speed test. I have an older 13 and went into my settings and turned off the 5G, making it use LTE exclusively....did a speed test of over 300mbps so obviously the 5G bands were overwhelmed. Anyway, tried to do the same thing on my Wife's 15 and the cellular data options tab simply wasn't there. Any of you run into this? We've on Verizon
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osu1991
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Last reply · posted in TV Shows
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meStevo
First 2 eps out and it's unsurprisingly great to watch Paul Bettany and James Spader work.
osu1991
Watched the first episode and enjoyed it.
Foxbat
James Spader gets the best lines so far. I'm enjoying this series.
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Finished the 2nd episode tonight. I'm really liking it so far.

Still hate weekly releases though, especially the way Disney and HBO do it waiting until 8pm to premiere it.
Foxbat
Apparently I'm not a big enough nerd🤓 since I did not read every Marvel Comic Book ever published. If I had, I might be comparing the comics' version of events compared to what's transpiring in "Visionquest". So, I am enjoying the series a lot, not weighed down by previous expectations, knowing only the Avengers MCU movies and the "Wandavision" / "Agatha All Along" TV series.

I found the Mr Know-it-All channel from his discussion about "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" and he's been gleefully picking these episodes apart, referencing the Marvel comics from the 1939 on. Turns out A.I. has been around since before World War II, at least in the comics. (Robots before that, yes, yes.) This show is going back into the archives.
TheForce
Supporting Founder Pub Member / Supporter
Last reply · posted in The Phone & Tablet Zone
It's time for my wife to get a new iphone as her iphone 12 is getting weak battery life test says 70% compared to when new. But it is beginning to show signs of screen freezing as well.
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Foxbat
It may be the year to update my 13 to the 15.
Foxbat
BTW, iOS 26.1 is now out for iPhone, along with the OS 26.1 updates for all other supported Appley iDevices.
osu1991
Bought a Motorola G Power 5G android phone as a spare and to use for some work stuff. Was tired of work stuff cluttering up my iPhone 16 Pro. Didn't take long to remember why I originally went to an iPhone. 4hrs doing updates to step up from Android 14 updates to Android 15 and latest updates for 15. Ads on the Play store above the app I searched for is something I don't really remember from the last android phone I had 13-14 yrs ago. Face ID on iphone has spoiled me too.

I just wanted a cheap phone mainly for work pictures or I would have got an 17 Pro and used my 16 for work stuff, but no need to spend that kind of money. I don't even have cellular service on the Motorola, just using it on WiFi and added my google voice number to it with the app.
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Apple released their 2025 Holiday video. Friendly forest fauna find forgotten phone…
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There's also a behind the scenes "Making of" video, too:
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Foxbat
BTW, iOS 26.1 is now out for iPhone, along with the OS 26.1 updates for all other supported Appley iDevices.
BTW, iOS 26.3 is now out for iPhone, along with the OS 26.3 updates for all other supported Appley iDevices.
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Foxbat
It may be the year to update my 13 to the 15.
Apple made me an offer I couldn't refuse. For whatever reason, they bumped up the Trade-in value of my iPhone 13, first to $180, and just recently to $195. So I took the Apple Cash from Apple card savings and the $195 trade-in and have a shiny new iPhone 17 nothing. The base 256 GB is more than enough for my needs.

Now I'm on the lookout for a leather case for it…
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My iPhone 17 is now running iOS 27.2 (whatever happened to 27.1.x?) and it looks like all the other Apple devices that can are releasing 27.2 (looks like it came out Monday)
"MysteryMan"
Pub Member / Supporter Cutting Edge
Last reply · posted in Computers and Gadgets
I created this thread on the original Edgecutter Cutting Edge Forums site. It's simply a place for those to review the latest software available for those using Windows 10 and Windows 11. To date it has received 112,559 views. I have been asked by staff to continue this thread here.
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EarDemon
If it wasn't for what I want, I wouldn't need any of this.

Do I need a collection of handheld radios, scanners and speed enforcement countermeasures? Nope, but I want them. Very little, if any of the software used to interface with these devices is available on Linux.
WhiteBeard
If it wasn't for what I want, I wouldn't need any of this.

Do I need a collection of handheld radios, scanners and speed enforcement countermeasures? Nope, but I want them. Very little, if any of the software used to interface with these devices is available on Linux.
To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything. ☹️
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EarDemon
To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything. ☹️
For niche use cases, yes I agree. Kali for ethical hacking and security testing, and running a Cacti server for network monitoring are the two things I have experience in. Plus thousands and thousands of other things, but for every day use I just can't see it. The owner of the GMRS repeater that I pay to access is changing the Tx DPL tones tomorrow, while Chirp is available on Linux, the software to program my MXT500 is not.

I run Fedora and Ubuntu in VMWare, honestly I don't care much for the UI of either of them and I don't feel like spending days/weeks to customize the UI to make it look Windows-like when I could just use Windows. The cartoonish dock at the bottom of the screen reminds me of Apple products.
harshness
I don't care much for the UI of either of them and I don't feel like spending days/weeks to customize the UI to make it look Windows-like when I could just use Windows.
What is so fantabulous about the Windows UI? By many accounts, it has been going downhill since Windows 7.

There are Linux desktops that offer Windows or Mac UIs, yet you don't hear much chatter about them outside of questions about when the creators might get sued.
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What is so fantabulous about the Windows UI?
Because it's what I prefer. I know I've said this a few times, I use Open Shell to give me the cascading start menu a la WIN 95 and NT4.0. The only reason I went from Windows Vista to 7 back in the day was because of Classic Shell. I cannot stand anything other than the OG start menu from 30+ years ago. I'm using ExplorerPatcher to give me Windows 10 UI elements of the taskbar and right click context menus.

If you could take a look at how I set up Windows 95, you'd find many similarities to how I use 11.
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EarDemon
I could probably use that as a starting point, but I don't like the full size icons. If you have to click on each folder that's also a no-go for me, it has to be cascading.

I used to have Peppermint Linux in a VM, that was about as close as I could get to recreating a Windows NT4.0 style of menu structure, but I could never get it to scale properly in VMWare on a 4K display and eventually gave up.

Whatever the boot up time it's fine with me. The longest part of my bootup is the HP SureStart BIOS integrity check. Once that is done, it's only a few more seconds. I haven't done this reg tweak yet since the reformat, but I switched the bootup animation to the Windows 10 style spinning circle of dots, and it's two and a half rotations. I can live with that.
harshness
Because it's what I prefer.
I hope you don't believe that makes it wonderful (especially when you're using workarounds for Microsoft's malfeasance).

I use LibreOffice as opposed to Microsoft office (even in Windows) because it's UI is like the Office of old, so I'm putting my money where my mouth is (in a manner of speaking). The ribbon was one of the worst ideas to come out Redmond.
HipKat
I could probably use that as a starting point, but I don't like the full size icons. If you have to click on each folder that's also a no-go for me, it has to be cascading.

I used to have Peppermint Linux in a VM, that was about as close as I could get to recreating a Windows NT4.0 style of menu structure, but I could never get it to scale properly in VMWare on a 4K display and eventually gave up.

Whatever the boot up time it's fine with me. The longest part of my bootup is the HP SureStart BIOS integrity check. Once that is done, it's only a few more seconds. I haven't done this reg tweak yet since the reformat, but I switched the bootup animation to the Windows 10 style spinning circle of dots, and it's two and a half rotations. I can live with that.
I used to pin the C: drive to the Win Taskbar and it would open in cascading style
"MysteryMan"
2026-10 Preview Update Builds: 26300.9818 and 26200.9818 (KB5127936) has been released. Moderate time needed for those choosing to perform a manual download/install/restart. Quality improvements only. No new operating system features.
TWiT Tech Podcast Network
· posted in TWiT Tech Podcast Network
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