Terk?? What model did you have installed? I hate to say it, but there are several better options for less money than Terk.
Dish Network to Discount OTA Antennas for HD
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Terk?? What model did you have installed? I hate to say it, but there are several better options for less money than Terk.
it is called something like the HDTVo and i cant recall a model #
It is made by audiovox and thats all i can say as i am not at home
I already called the installer that had this installed and told him that if i cant get the HD locals thencome and remove it
I might want to get DISH to send someone else when I replace my DISH for the 1000.2 or whatever that newer DISH is as i have no confidence in these young kids
I mean they had to use my tools!!!!
A cresent wrench is not the one tool to installl stuff and that is ALL I saw them with
laughable if it was not so sad!!\
It is made by audiovox and thats all i can say as i am not at home
I already called the installer that had this installed and told him that if i cant get the HD locals thencome and remove it
I might want to get DISH to send someone else when I replace my DISH for the 1000.2 or whatever that newer DISH is as i have no confidence in these young kids
I mean they had to use my tools!!!!
A cresent wrench is not the one tool to installl stuff and that is ALL I saw them with
laughable if it was not so sad!!\
Is this "offer" still valid ? It seemed like most people who called Dish about it found that the reps knew nothing about.
Maybe it can be un-stickied now anyway...
Maybe it can be un-stickied now anyway...
I have an Amplified Square Shooter SS-2000 on my roof next to the dish just outside the 275 loop on the east side of Cincinnati. Sometimes I get great signals but often I get so many drop outs that it makes watching the channel impossible. And I wish there was an option to turn off the error screen that says the signal dropped, requiring pushing the select button to remove it. If I am trying to watch a show with all the dropouts the error screen ends up blocking what I signal I can get. The dropouts also seem to be seasonal or occur more often during prime time (when I want to record something). For instance, the end of August or early September seem to have few if any dropouts but come October I get almost constant dropouts.
I saw a video somewhere on the Internet of a guy who made his own "antenna" by taking a 2-3 foot piece of cable and removing the outer protection off of the end without the connector so that the copper wire was exposed. I just tried this and I get pretty much the same signal strengh as when I connect the Square Shooter from the roof. When I unplug the amplifier for the Square Shooter the signal only goes down a point or two if at any.
I get both Dayton channels and some Cincinnati channels (except I have never been able to get ABC-HD which comes on channel 10 instead of UFH). Fox and it's second channel are also hard to get. When I can get the Dayton NBC and CBS channels they are often a better signal than the closer Cincinnati ones but then somedays I cannot get them at all.
My setup uses the same cable for both the satellite and the OTA antenna. A splitter s used on both ends to separate the signals again. I was told this is fine as the two use different frequencies but it does make me wonder if I would get a better result with two separate cables.
It would be very nice to get local Cincinnati HD via the satellite (however it is nice that I can record the OTA signal AND two other dish programs with the 622). In the Charlie Chats they always say that if your city has a professional football team then you are likely to be at the top of the list for getting local HD. I guess there are not enough Bengal fans who have Dish Network to get us higher on that list.
I saw a video somewhere on the Internet of a guy who made his own "antenna" by taking a 2-3 foot piece of cable and removing the outer protection off of the end without the connector so that the copper wire was exposed. I just tried this and I get pretty much the same signal strengh as when I connect the Square Shooter from the roof. When I unplug the amplifier for the Square Shooter the signal only goes down a point or two if at any.
I get both Dayton channels and some Cincinnati channels (except I have never been able to get ABC-HD which comes on channel 10 instead of UFH). Fox and it's second channel are also hard to get. When I can get the Dayton NBC and CBS channels they are often a better signal than the closer Cincinnati ones but then somedays I cannot get them at all.
My setup uses the same cable for both the satellite and the OTA antenna. A splitter s used on both ends to separate the signals again. I was told this is fine as the two use different frequencies but it does make me wonder if I would get a better result with two separate cables.
It would be very nice to get local Cincinnati HD via the satellite (however it is nice that I can record the OTA signal AND two other dish programs with the 622). In the Charlie Chats they always say that if your city has a professional football team then you are likely to be at the top of the list for getting local HD. I guess there are not enough Bengal fans who have Dish Network to get us higher on that list.
