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jeevak

Last reply Jul 15, 2026 · posted in Over the Air Television By RabbitEars.Info

Antenna direction in NYC

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Folks - oddly I went from 60 digital channels in 2018 to 20 but not sure when it exactly occurred till I lost Fox5 this week so can't watch FIFA. I have the Winegard HD7000R and they are sending me a transformer in case it's the issue. I was pointing to 300 in the past but think I need to switch given a lot of channels have moved from Empire State Building to World trade center in NYC. I mostly watch 2.1 cbs, 4.1 nbc, 49.1 pbs, 21.2 wliw, 7.1 abc, 13.1 wnet. Given most channels are 270 and some are 287, should I point to 275 maybe? Also I had it on top of detached garage at 13ft. Given signal strength is pretty good for me, will a move to 22ft to a sidewall make much of a difference? Here's a view from 22ft and a lot of trees even at 60ft -
View: https://imgur.com/a/CqWtwIb

Thanks

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jeevak

Jul 14, 2026

I do like some low VHF Channels like WNWT-LD (Story TV and history) so guessing I'll need long antenna. Will Classic Series Yagi YA7000C be a good fit or something else? Also is my mounting location ok?

primestar31

Jul 14, 2026

jeevak said:
I do like some low VHF Channels like WNWT-LD (Story TV and history) so guessing I'll need long antenna. Will Classic Series Yagi YA7000C be a good fit or something else? Also is my mounting location ok?

I find it really hard to believe that antenna can do Low Vhf, plus they are gouging you on the price, but it's worth a try if you are willing to pay for it.

As for is your mounting location ok, that's impossible to tell by guessing. Mount the antenna with as clear a view too the towers as you can get, and see what happens. If it doesn't work, put a long coax extension on it, and move it around to see if you can better the QUALITY of the signal. Sometimes a foot up, down, or side to other side or so can make a REAL big difference.

Signal STRENGTH is not the end-all, sometimes a lower strength BUT higher Quality can be better, yeah that's possible to do in some cases. Peak the signal quality as much as you can on the particular stations you want the most.

P.S. I just checked the feedback comments on Amazon for Low VHF for this antenna, and they seem like it's working out ok for the most part. Buy it from Amazon, and if it doesn't work well enough, you can likely return it for a refund if you don't scar it up badly while installing

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navychop

Jul 14, 2026

primestar31 said:
Sometimes a foot up, down, or side to other side or so can make a REAL big difference.

Hallelujah!

It's an art. No reason I've moved OTA antennas small amounts and got much better reception. Once, and it still makes no sense to me, lowering the antenna made a big improvement.

PS- Test the signal before using the bolts!

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comfortably_numb

Jul 14, 2026

I use a signal meter app on my phone paired with my HD Homerun device to make fine adjustments to my antenna. Without the meter it feels like stabbing in the dark..

Signal GH

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Mr Tony

Jul 14, 2026

navychop said:
Once, and it still makes no sense to me, lowering the antenna made a big improvement.

I agree 100%
When I put 2 separate antennas at the lake house (UHF was 3 translators west and VHF was NW) the VHF antenna was flush with the tripod. If I moved it up the mast the signal got worse. UHF was at the top of the mast

due to 1 station being 1580 watts and the other being about 14,000 watts 30 miles away.

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TRG

Jul 14, 2026

comfortably_numb said:
I use a signal meter app on my phone paired with my HD Homerun device to make fine adjustments to my antenna. Without the meter it feels like stabbing in the dark..

Signal GH

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Not me. I can see the antenna farm looming at 10,678 feet on Sandia Peak from my house. I literally bore sight along the horizontal axis and the signals blast in like a blowtorch. Yes, I know Im lucky.

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Comptech

Jul 15, 2026

I have the telves data boss Lr on top of a 27 foot mast and a smaller Telves data boss UHF a few feet down using the smartkom amplifier the big one is pointing north towards the main towers and the small one is pointing south to the lighthouse. extreme upstate SC. Normally 86 channels, sometimes get a couple out of Tennessee, columbia SC and Augusta Ga.

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Bobby

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Last reply A moment ago · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Dish 4K Event Listings (No Discussion)

This is a thread that will keep you apprised of 4K events that will be showing on Dish channel 540. Keep looking here for information.

As of today, 9-27-17, there are no scheduled events posted for the next 2 weeks. That is subject to change on a daily basis.

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Bobby

Sunday at 11:00 AM

MLB, Brewers at Dodgers, Wednesday 10-14, 5PM PDT, Channel 148-02.

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Bobby

Tuesday at 8:48 PM

MLB, Brewers at Dodgers, Thursday 10-15, 6PM PDT, Channel 148-02.

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Bobby

Tuesday at 8:50 PM

CFB, Notre Dame at BYU, Saturday 10-27, 4:30PM PDT, Channel 148-03.

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Bobby

Tuesday at 8:52 PM

NASCAR, Freeway Insurance 500, Sunday 10-18, 12PM PDT, Channel 148-04.

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Bobby

A moment ago

CFB, Ohio State at Indiana, Saturday 10-17, 9AM PDT, Channel 148-01.
CFB, Arizona State at Texas Tech, Saturday 10-17, 12:30PM PDT, Channel 148-01.

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Former member 209992

Last reply 16 minutes ago · posted in SatelliteGuys Support Center

Site is slooooow

For some reason, the satelliteguys.us site is loading a lot slower than usual on both Chrome on my Asus laptop and Safari on my iPhone.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.

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Foxbat

Today at 1:22 PM

Yeah. It's probably something going on with the MacBook as my iPhone has been pretty snappy.

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Scott Greczkowski

Today at 2:49 PM

I have been optimizing the site the past few days... and got us here now.

We are rocking now!

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Foxbat

19 minutes ago

Foxbat said:
Yeah. It's probably something going on with the MacBook as my iPhone has been pretty snappy.

I rebooted my MacBook Air and it's zipping right along. Sorry, but it was taking over 20 seconds to load pages, with the pulsing blue bars so it was munching on something.

Scott Greczkowski

19 minutes ago

Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat.

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Foxbat

16 minutes ago

Scott Greczkowski said:
Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat.

WTF… …What the Foxbat!

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dishstaller

Pub Member / Supporter Lifetime Supporter

Last reply 27 minutes ago · posted in Internet Television (IPTV) Discussion Forum

Hughesnet cancelling email addresses

Wasn't exactly sure where to post this. Just had a customer come in inquiring about internet. He has HughesNet and had heard good things about mine. He asked if we provided email addresses and it kinda caught me off guard. I said he should be able to keep whatever email he had been using....my sister in law is still using a BellSouth email addy and they haven't been around here for many years. He said he had gotten a letter from HughesNet stating that they had until Nov 16th to save, move, forward, whatever, their Hughesnet emails because they would lose them after that date.

I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.

Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.

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Foxbat

Today at 2:37 PM

Doing a Google of the HughesNet Email notice, it seems that HughesNet has been trying to eliminate hosting emails since 2019. And with HughesNet filing Chapter 11 back in August, it would be a smart move to switch to a more stable Email provider. Even AT&T farmed out their Email to Yahoo! years ago.

SpaceX's Starlink and the Cellular 5G Home Internet solutions have pretty much relegated HughesNet and its high latency, low bandwidth Internet service to History. If Earth had shorter days, maybe a Geostationary Internet Solution might have stood a fighting chance…

dishstaller

Today at 2:57 PM

Well, I helped him set up a gmail acct....I actually wanted to see what the new process is for setting up a gmail acct since it had been years since I set mine up. Anyway, I showed him how to forward the emails he wanted to keep over.

navychop

41 minutes ago

Foxbat said:
If Earth had shorter days,

Wouldn't we then die of old age sooner?

Foxbat

27 minutes ago

navychop said:
Wouldn't we then die of old age sooner?

Still the same number of years, just more Sunsets…

dishstaller

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Last reply 57 minutes ago · posted in The Chit Chat Club

Man falls to his death on roller coaster at 6 Flags in GA

Can't help but wonder if a worker overlooked checking the harness. I rarely ride a roller coaster anymore but when I do I check the harness myself pretty aggressively.
Can't imagine what the son is going through.

Dad levitated and bled then fell to his death from coaster

Eyewitnesses have shared fresh details of the horrific accident that happened at Six Flags Over Georgia on Monday afternoon.

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Jimbo

Yesterday at 11:02 PM

Back on the Goliath Roller Coaster ... I'm interested to find more details as well ...
Like where on the track did this happen (somewhere I read that it was on the climb up the top), which is impossible ...

They really need to take that ride and add at the very least, seatbelts ...

The Park is opening back up on Friday, the ride will Not be opening ... personally, I would keep it closed until different type of restraints can be designed and installed (over the winter).

I find it hard to believe that this ride is even allowed to be running with the restraints that exist at the moment, there are other rides that use the same type and they have been shut down across the country.

You got to believe that every ride has at least 2 types of restraint systems in place.

I wonder what and when we will hear from the Manufacturer ... and whatever governing bodies control these ...

Just think, this is a Major Amusement Park .... I would not have any problem getting on the Roller Coasters I have rode ...

Imagine what these County Fairs and others like them, I would not be caught Dead on one of them ... they get put up and tore down every other week, where is the safety for those rides ... No Thank You.

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Jimbo

Yesterday at 11:10 PM

Could B&M’s Patent on the “Clamshell” Ride Restraint Design Offer Clues as to What Happened on Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia?

Incredibly sad news out of Six Flags Over Georgia as it’s being reported one man was killed after being ejected from Goliath, the B&M hyper coaster. Many news outlets have posted pictures of pe…

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navychop

Yesterday at 11:17 PM

Jimbo said:
I would not be caught Dead on one of them

Yet IF you were on one, you might be caught dead.

dishstaller

Today at 10:07 AM

Jimbo said:
Could B&M’s Patent on the “Clamshell” Ride Restraint Design Offer Clues as to What Happened on Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia?

Incredibly sad news out of Six Flags Over Georgia as it’s being reported one man was killed after being ejected from Goliath, the B&M hyper coaster. Many news outlets have posted pictures of pe…

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Had no idea there were that many redundancies built into those restraints.

Jimbo

Today at 2:18 PM

dishstaller said:
Had no idea there were that many redundancies built into those restraints.

It makes sense, however, I would want more types of restraints, so if one doesn't work, the other does ... the restraints coming over the shoulder I would have expected ... with a Seat belt as last resort.

Fwiw, I inquired with what they use on Coasters at Cedar Point, various Coasters, different restraints according to what the car and track requires ...

NONE of the Coasters at CP use THAT particular system

I'm glad to see ...

dishstaller

57 minutes ago

Jimbo said:
with a Seat belt as last resort.

According to the article, when you see a seat belt on a ride like this, it is basically used as a way of making sure the rider isn't too large/fat to safely ride the ride.

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Ham Radio 2.0

Today at 2:52 PM · posted in Ham Radio 2.0

Kenwood TM-D750 vs ICOM ID-5200: Don't Buy One Before Watching This!

Time for another AWESOME video from Ham Radio 2.0!

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Direct YouTube Link - Kenwood TM-D750 vs ICOM ID-5200: Don't Buy One Before Watching This!
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Houston Rockets

Last reply Today at 2:39 PM · posted in FTA Receiver / Equipment Support

OTHER Mini Multiswitch

I just received 6 receiver 2 port mini Multiswitch and it work great, no external power need it, and you can connect 6 receiver instead of 4 on most Mini Multiswitches... If anyone is interested in where they can get one PM me....

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Titanium

Today at 2:00 PM

Have you tested using external power? Over the years, have found unpowered polarity switching to be unreliable. Especially problematic when used with DiSEqC motors or switch stacking.

Houston Rockets

Today at 2:39 PM

No I have not. I just got it the other day and it is connected to six receivers working just fine. What I do is non power mini multi-switches work best with LNBF's and with LNB's

TWiT Tech Podcast Network

Today at 2:32 PM · posted in TWiT Tech Podcast Network

Tech News Weekly 459

Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!

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Direct YouTube Link - Tech News Weekly 459
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TheRatPatrol

Last reply Today at 2:13 PM · posted in TV Shows

NCIS

Anyone else watch this show? Any guesses as to what was in the box Gibbs gave to Abby that was on her desk? It look liked it was glowing.

I also heard that someone was leaving the show at the end of this season. Any guesses as to who thats going to be?

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TheRatPatrol

Monday at 11:11 AM

Wait, Tony is the director now? Apologies, I stopped watching a while ago.

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Jimbo

Monday at 11:47 AM

TheRatPatrol said:
Wait, Tony is the director now? Apologies, I stopped watching a while ago.

Was Gibbs still there when you quit watching ?
If so, A Lot has happened ....

It's been pretty good all along , once you get use to Gibbs being gone.

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Jimbo

Monday at 11:41 PM