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The FCC Repack: How it Affects Free OTA TV Viewers

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تم نشره في 2019/07/02

This video explains the FCC Repack/Incentive Auction and changes to free OTA TV stations nationwide. Many TV stations are either going off the air to channel share with a different TV station or moving frequencies. You can find a list of TV stations that are moving in your area on tvanswers.org For an antenna recommendation visit my website: https://www.antennamanpa.com/index.html Click below for a list of recommended antennas and accessories: https://www.amazon.com/shop/antennaman Considering a Channel Master antenna? Use my affiliate link below: https://www.channelmaster.com/?rfsn=6279509.d2c216 🔌 Did my videos help you cut the cord? If so, consider a PayPal contribution, Patreon, or a Channel Membership: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=8L5UBJ7JX86PG https://www.patreon.com/AntennaMan Sign up to my e-mail list: https://bit.ly/2whSoTI Like my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AntennaManPA/ E-mail brief general questions or sponsorship inquires to theantennamanpa@gmail.com - before sending an e-mail consider a custom antenna recommendation below if you are looking for help with an antenna setup. https://www.antennamanpa.com/antenna-recommendations.html

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@AntennaManمنذ 4 سنوات Do you have reception problems? Sign up for an antenna recommendation from me below.
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@bobross6802منذ 5 سنوات As a retired TV tech I appreciate your knowledgeable explanation of antenna theory and anomalies. Well done ! 11
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@sharonan1منذ 5 سنوات As someone who worked in broadcasting (radio/TV) in the analog days, who still has their FCC radiophone license, and who went on to work in the digital id="hidden2" class="buttons"> world, I find this and other videos of yours fascinating. I haven't cut the cord yet (can't convince the husband), but I'm going to try one of antennas you recommended, as we live in a fringe area. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, and for the trip down memory lane! ....وسعت 11
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@abrundagمنذ 5 سنوات Thanks for putting this video up just in time bud! Last Friday night my favorite local station (the one that carries all the Star Trek shows) all of a id="hidden3" class="buttons"> sudden went off the air. It had been working 4 hours earlier. A rescan showed it on a different RF channel. Thanks to you I was soon back aboard the USS Enterprise. Live long and prosper! ....وسعت 5
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@indyfanmaxمنذ 5 سنوات Thank you Antenna Man for keeping us OTA and cord cutters "in the loop" about TV broadcastings. You are a great presenter of the subject and are very helpful to us all! Keep up the great content! 1
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@johnreitmeyer5730منذ 5 سنوات Just finished installing an antenna for my dad. Ditched Dish and saving $91 monthly fee. Thanks for all the information and reviews. 3
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@Nyth63منذ 5 سنوات The FCC deallocated channels 70-83 in 1981. This was long before cell phones. My understanding was AFC in those higher frequencies was rather difficult with the analog tech at the time. 9
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@jhpvidsمنذ 5 سنوات Good information Tyler. Continue to rescan your TV at all times. 11
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@bobclarieمنذ 5 سنوات Thanks Tyler, another great production with timely content. Bob 11
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@ChrisJones-fn6twمنذ 5 سنوات First time I've seen this channel, really appreciate the presentation style 2
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@dannyl2598منذ 5 سنوات Thanks for the tutorial Tyler. I deal with this issues as a contractor and you cut through the clutter and provide the information people really need. Keep up the good work.
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@howardkerr8174منذ 5 سنوات Excellent video, very informative. I watch several different types of YouTube videos and you are never boring. 2
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@makeminefreedomمنذ 5 سنوات Good to know we won't be losing any channels. Thanks for explaining it. 1
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@chifan7منذ 5 سنوات Thank you so much. Another informative video. Where I live in upstate South Carolina I get WYFF, an NBC station. They have just now started running a promo id="hidden7" class="buttons"> for this very same thing. We are being told to do a rescan after Sept. 6 for their Metv station. Thanks again. Harold. ....وسعت 1
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@julieross546منذ 5 سنوات I really like your channel, your a straight shooter. I have learned a lot watching. 2
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@josephthibeault4843منذ 5 سنوات Good to hear some one with real understanding of Real Broadcast signals 1
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@CLP2102منذ 5 سنوات thanks antenna guy, these videos are most helpful 29
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@rs232killerمنذ 5 سنوات If they dropped a few of the 6 shopping channels around here (or all of them) I wouldn't be disappointed. 4
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@frankroberts3596منذ 5 سنوات your posting was very informative and answers a lot of the questions I had about the reboot of whatever it is thanks for posting 1
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@thebeststoogeمنذ 5 سنوات Great the stations will compress even more so it looks worse than MPEG1. 19
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@travisbommer3450منذ 5 سنوات Thank you for posting this. I had no idea that they were doing this. I lost several channels in the Pittsburgh area over the last year or so. I just rescanned and got them all back, plus a few extra channels.
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@ethelryan257منذ 5 سنوات You do a really great job of explaining complex matters simply. 8
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@stevejohnson1321منذ 5 سنوات One other important factor: ages ago UHF channels were typically spaced at least six-apart from one another. That's because some tube equipment gave id="hidden9" class="buttons"> a sloppy signal, and the spacing was needed to remedy adjacent interference. Now that all transmitters use error-correction, stations can run side-by side. ....وسعت 1
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@iworkout6912منذ 5 سنوات As a cord cutter, I bought a small Winegard antenna and a signal boaster, actually 2 if them, one at the antenna and another inside the house. I have a id="hidden10" class="buttons"> rather long run and am using old Time Warner wiring. Re-scan once in a while, and get about 35 channels in a rather remote area. Some condo areas don't allow any kind of outdoor antenna, and they enforce it. My condo in Florida for example. Its like I'm going to put up a 1950's type of antenna. My outdoor antenna here in NYS is small, and it wouldn't even be noticed by most. ....وسعت
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@ultrapureblood1311منذ 5 سنوات I cut pay TV years ago, don't miss it and will not pay for TV ever again. 56
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@wrightmfمنذ 5 سنوات Thanks for another excellent production, clear concise. I remember back prior to first repack and transition to DTV where a main "selling point" id="hidden11" class="buttons"> was providing 700 MHz to public safety, i.e. "if they had 700 MHz, the interoperability problems during 9-11 would have never happened." Which is the most ridiculous claim. In reality, PS gets some spectrum but most is towards wireless consumer products. Like the 600 MHz repack, there is ever-growing demands for all these wireless devices that need spectrum.
Few months ago I saw an Spectrum Monitor article about the new ATSC 3.0 to take effect next year. Author began with companies mention ATSC 3.0 will enhance your viewer experience like they mention cookies will enhance your web browsing experience. And if you are suspicious you have every right to be because they simply want to collect data and later sell it to advertisers. And once they go ATSC 3.0, your current DTV will need a converter box.
IEEE Broadcast Technology Society magazine has lots of articles of ATSC 3.0, there was so many changes that they skipped ATSC 2.0. However their issue covering NAB show said no ATSC 3.0 TV sets were available (or none were displayed).
Other than that, excellent tutorials you have. Much of it I already know but also a good review. And also you clear up stuff like "there is no such thing as a HD antenna." I kept seeing those ads and thinking RF is RF and a antenna is an antenna. Or am I missing something. No, as you said, simply a gimmick by marketing people. ....وسعت 1
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@tech45منذ 5 سنوات It is very cool to see somebody so young, this knowledgeable about TV antennas and OTA reception! Thanks for the vlogs :) 3
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@dannyr.8326منذ 5 سنوات You are high speed. Excellent content, I just wish you were in NW Ct. This is the thing of the future. If you don't retire at 45 it's because you id="hidden12" class="buttons"> like the work. The customers are there. We are all tired of getting robbed month after month. Thanks. ....وسعت
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@pf5658منذ 5 سنوات So that’s the reason I’ve been getting all those notices scrolling across my screen about frequency changes on the 1st August . Now I know why. Thank you.
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@oshi8994منذ 5 سنوات I no longer have cable / satellite TV. Don't miss it and saved a lot of money. 5
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@nick_veeمنذ 5 سنوات This would explain why, after I cut the cord from FiOS TV after 3 years, I rescanned in the Philly market and found several channels gone. NJN 23, WYBE id="hidden14" class="buttons"> 35 and TBN 48 (among others) were all off the air. I don’t recall if NJN 52 disappeared too. And MeTV 2 pixelates like crazy when it used to come in clear. ....وسعت 3
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@Jerry-Parkerمنذ 5 سنوات Excellent video !
Great information !
Thanks for sharing !
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@focus2004ableمنذ 5 سنوات Here in Australia, Analogue TV was broadcast on VHF channels 0 to 11, and UHF on channels 28 to 69, the ACMA started auctioning off the 700 & 800 Mhz id="hidden15" class="buttons"> sections of the TV band after the Analogue switch off to phone companies so they could build their 4G mobile networks, so UHF channels 52 to 69 were chopped from the band, and all TV stations broadcasting within those channels had to be shifted onto channels between 28 and 51, or onto a vacant VHF channel, which required a bit of shuffling around of channels in some areas. ....وسعت
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@georgef551منذ 5 سنوات You missed the first "Repack", when in the 50s, channel 1 was removed for EMS radio transmissions to have a place in the spectrum. 1
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@michaelsavich9348منذ 5 سنوات Had to rescan to get one of my channels only to find out after watching this video that it required it because of the recent repack. WKBD-DT(Detroit MI) id="hidden16" class="buttons"> was repacked on 6/21/2019 phase 3. I see that the rest of my channels will be repacked 3/13/2020 phase 8. Keep up the great videos. Not sure why people are giving thumbs down to this video, but thumbs up for me. Maybe because you're a Nittany Lion,..LOL ....وسعت 1
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@CPLANAS1985منذ 5 سنوات I still believe Analog was better only because it was far more accessible with even the cheapest made antennas. 7
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@JOHNWLOUCKSمنذ 5 سنوات I have always had OTA tv. I live in Poughkeepsie and get almost all of the Albany stations in HD and Digital. I have an old large Winegard mast antenna id="hidden17" class="buttons"> with rotor on my roof. Occasionally there are some reception problems but usually it's pretty good. PBS in Schenectady put a translator here in Poughkeepsie so now I get that in digital with all it's substations. Not much NHL hockey except on NBC but I survive. Love OTA tv and the picture is great !! ....وسعت
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@Bob3519منذ 5 سنوات Well produced video. Interesting content. Thank you.
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@hdgboyمنذ 5 سنوات Big brother. Instead of protecting us, government sides with big business. I gave up pay tv 13 years ago. Now when I want to set up an outdoor antenna id="hidden18" class="buttons"> the FCC has been cutting the available tv frequencies for more cell phones. The quality of cell phone function is crappy at best and the price to have one is getting more expensive. The only real benefit is for safety in some instances. They’ve cause more problems than their worth. Much like the internet. Both had such promise but as Edward R. Murrow said about television they have become vast waste lands. The problems they’ve created far outweigh their benefits. We have sophisticated technologies that we are not smart enough get the full potential. But when it comes to stealing more money from hard working people they’re geniuses. Soon we’ll be working just to pay our mass communications bills. ....وسعت 2
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@MrKoladgeمنذ 5 سنوات Nice to know. Looking forward to what's up with Dell.. 1
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@ronedwards8239منذ 5 سنوات Thanks for the info. I checked the schedule in my area on the FCC’s website. I was worried some may change to low VHF. That’s not the case. The Winegard 7694P worked better than anything for me. No pixilation. I’m subscribing to your channel. ....وسعت
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@davechism8698منذ 5 سنوات Per your comment about Dell: I've purchased several Dell Computers but never again because I don't trust them. After I paid them all off they turned id="hidden20" class="buttons"> me over for collection for the next YEAR. I didn't owe them anything but each month a different collection agency would call. Finally I called the State Attorney General and it stopped with Dell saying, "We're sorry if we inconvenience him (me). INCONVENIENCED? RIGHT! ....وسعت 1
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@FAMUCHOLLYمنذ 5 سنوات Thanks Tyler. I live in the Big Bend of the Panhandle of Florida and after hurricane Michael one of my favorite Panama City stations went off the air. id="hidden21" class="buttons"> not due to storm damage, but because it changed frequencies. Took me a couple of weeks to figure that out and a rescan solved that issue. ....وسعت 3
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@RobbieStrikeمنذ 5 سنوات Good informative video Tyler, A lot of OTA channels in Canada are the channel they use to be in the analog days as there is so few brodcast channels here id="hidden22" class="buttons"> compared to the USA. But Where a lot of the big city's are they are close to American city's and can get those channels! 5G is also threatening C band satellite as it is unknown now but can cut out home users like myself. I hope it will just be a filter in a new lnb that will not cost to much. ....وسعت 1
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@craigwwernerمنذ 5 سنوات Great local info Tyler.Going up into the attic to adjust my low VHF antenna and see if I can somehow pull in MeTV. Hopefully if Maranta broadcasting gets id="hidden23" class="buttons"> the go ahead for a repeater it will be a stronger signal than the one FOX has which at 8 miles away is totally non existent for me. Baffling why they would bother with a repeater and have such a weak signal that people in Bethlehem can't even tune it in reliably. ....وسعت
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@303nitzubishi4منذ 5 سنوات Thanks for getting into some of the politics behind the restructuring of channels. Could be beneficial in that antenna manufacturers may be able to build better antennas tuned to a narrower bandwidth. Any thoughts on this? 12
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@stan.rarick8556منذ 5 سنوات Very disappointed with the digital transition. Used to be able to get several channels, now I only get one. Sometimes-poor reception went to none. Local id="hidden25" class="buttons"> channel (tower just miles away) went from excellent to sometimes none. Anyway, this FCC change will have no impact on me. ....وسعت 47
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@writerpatrickمنذ 5 سنوات The same thing happened to ham radio. The bandwidth that operators could use diminished. I can't say what it's like today, especially with ham id="hidden26" class="buttons"> being surpassed by the Internet.
I remember under the old system that there were a lot of empty channels. The danger of this new system is that it makes it nearly impossible for a new broadcast channel to start up and cuts back on room for diginets. ....وسعت 10
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@genesky61منذ 5 سنوات Yes a Very Good Over View of the Broadcast Tv Situations.
ATSC = Advanced Television System Committee .
The Digital Transmission Standard id="hidden27" class="buttons"> now is ATSC 1.0 .
ATSC 3.0 is coming , this standard will use a transmission method as a simple explanation know as OFDM.
What this will mean that the public will see right away is Vastly Improved Stability of Digital Broadcast Tv Reception.
ATSC 3.0 does a lot more and I mean a lot more.
You can read about ATSC 3.0 on the internet. ....وسعت 4
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@mikenaughton4298منذ 5 سنوات Thanks for your very clear videos. Well done.
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@arambمنذ 5 سنوات A repack just happened in the Boston area on 8/2. Missing HD channels on the PBS affiliate, and bad coverage on some others. Public interest much? 2
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@teacfan1080منذ 5 سنوات I finally got rid of cable almost 2 years ago. At first I wondered if it was worth it. Well, it has been worth it, don't miss anything on it at all! id="hidden28" class="buttons"> I seldom watch my main TV anymore, using an OTA antenna. With TV, you have to watch what they want you to watch and at a specific time. I spend lots of time watching youtube. I can watch whatever interests me at any time I want. I only see more people dumping satellite and cable and going with streaming services or antenna. ....وسعت 3
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@adrianchong2754منذ 5 سنوات Thanks for the information. A while ago my TV ch9 (actual ch40) stopped. My phone/internet company offered me to include TV at a discount price. Since id="hidden29" class="buttons"> CTV ch9 and my phone company is owned by the same parent, I thought that was just in cahoots and I will get the TV signal back come September. So after I saw this I did a rescan and still no ch9. From another video TV fool told me ch9 virtual had moved from ch40 back to their old Ch9. They probably still have their old ch9 antenna.
I was using an old DX indoor antenna tuned to the UHF channels. After a lot of fiddling lengthing the side bits then raising the antenna to miss the metal window frame I got ch9 back. ....وسعت 1
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@torg0منذ 5 سنوات Cant't wait for the video on Dell! 1
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@josephklapatch9576منذ 5 سنوات Interesting video and great explanation.
I live outside of Atlantic City and have an antenna in my attic. I receive everything from Philadelphia except 2, 6, and 12.
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@timf6916منذ 5 سنوات Great information, keep up the good work.
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@esqueueمنذ 5 سنوات YouTube did well with this suggestion. I don't watch OTA TV but my mother does and keeps calling me to walk her through reprograming her TV.
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@12053mikeمنذ 5 سنوات Thank you. I had no idea this was happening!
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@claymcnerney1059منذ 5 سنوات Tyler, in southwest pa, in the Pittsburgh area, WQED repack moved to Low VHF channel 4. I have a Channel Master CM 5020 antenna with a Channel Master CM7777 id="hidden31" class="buttons"> preamp. The reception varies. at times I have a watchable reception and no signal or pixelating. I check the signal before distribution with a small Tyler tv and still bad reception. any suggestions? ....وسعت
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@Eman-xu4fzمنذ 5 سنوات Thank you thank you very much for that great breakdown report
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@JohnAudioTechمنذ 5 سنوات All channels in my market are UHF and are moving to another UHF channel. Now with an even smaller range of frequencies to cover, UHF antennas can be made to slightly higher gain.
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@marc-andrelandreville8139منذ 5 سنوات Allo, one question : On your video you refer to , is there a Canada version of this site? Thanks
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@shenghe9876منذ 2 سنوات The FCC repack can also be affecting the launch of ATSC 3.0 because the 600 MHz frequency band is being sold to T-Mobile and there may not be enough space id="hidden33" class="buttons"> for the new ATSC 3.0 channels in some areas. This means that some stations might need to relocate their ATSC 1.0 signal to other stations, so they could launch ATSC 3.0 on their own transmitter.
The 600 MHz cellular band should only be used in rural areas and not urban areas, because there are less cellular transmitters, and lower frequencies can travel longer distances, and also ATSC 3.0 services can be launched in major cities if the lower frequencies are congested. ....وسعت 1
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@andywhiteman7886منذ 5 سنوات Tyler, Thanks for the info. I guess big money rules! Two of my local stations went off air for a long time to install new translators and to change their id="hidden34" class="buttons"> broadcast channel. Now I understand what was happening. BTW: On one of your videos you were using an outdoor antenna on your floor and getting great reception. What kind of antenna is it?
Thanks,
Andy ....وسعت
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@Pyrolonnمنذ 5 سنوات A recent repack in my area (Channel 20 in Detroit) was interesting. I didn't know it was going to be repacked, until one day it just wasn't working id="hidden35" class="buttons"> anymore. I went online and investigated and found they were moving the signal in a few weeks. So basically I wasn't getting any signal from them for the better part of a month. When they came back they were as good as always, but I'm not sure why there wasn't a crawl during every program explaining the situation. ....وسعت
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@lo1bo2منذ 5 سنوات This was an interesting video. Guess you explained why once in a while I have to do a re-scan. Living in a major market (Phoenix, AZ), fortunately I have id="hidden36" class="buttons"> access to a lot of OTA TV. Of course some of it is junk (Spanish, religious, shopping), but still leaves a good amount. ....وسعت
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@jimwavectمنذ 5 سنوات Odd that your video appeared in my suggestions as I just did a rescan 5 minutes before. Over the last 2 days, I've lost my 3 CBS channels (Hartford, id="hidden37" class="buttons"> CT). The rescan didn't pick them back up. Don't know if their antenna is down or if they're moving. Have been some of the highest quality channels in the 10 years I've used an antenna. ....وسعت
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@tomb8112منذ 5 سنوات Nice videos Antenna Man, thanks for the info. I quit cable 1 yr ago and put up an RCA antenna in my attic and am happy with the results, now getting about id="hidden38" class="buttons"> 40 channels. I live in WNY state between Buffalo and Toronto. I'm planning on putting up a second antenna pointing north to pick up the Canadian stations. I've read online some people say you can use a basic signal splitter in reverse to combine the signals from the two antennas into one coax feeding into the tv. But others say you need a special signal combiner. Any suggestions ? ....وسعت
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@gerardcarriera7052منذ 5 سنوات Now that stations are moved to a smaller number of channels, I wonder of that will create a co-channel interference problem. In the days of analog, I used id="hidden39" class="buttons"> to look forward to picking up all the E skip on channels 2-6 this time of the year. In my hometown, Darien, CT back in '72, I had Ch 5 from Mobile, AL completely blow away (then) WNEW-TV from NYC only 35 miles west of my home. Had it clearly with no snow for 1.5hrs using the rabbit ears on my '59 Zenith portable (hernia) TV. ....وسعت
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@soth122003منذ 5 سنوات Hey Tyler. I enjoy your channel very much. I live in Niceville Fl. 32578 The problem I have is most of the towers are between 50 and 80 miles away and id="hidden40" class="buttons"> Niceville is in a depression like bowl area. I have an ota antenna(30 ft high) and get decent reception on most of the channels. I am currently using an RCA pre amp that has a 22db signal boost. I am upgrading to the Radio Shack model for the variable gain and it goes to 33 db. I cut the cord years ago and use ota and streaming services thru the internet. That being said, I'd like to see you do a video on thermal radiation (Heat waves from the sun bouncing of the surface of land) and signal interference (cell phone and tower output) that is predominant during the day. Also cloudy days seem better due to signals bouncing off the clouds. Which is why channels come in so much better at night after the sun goes down. You might want to tell your viewers the best time to tune the tv is during the day, in the summer between 1 and 4 pm. This will let them know that the channels they get during this time will be the ones they will get all the time. If you disagree with this please let me know why. I'd like to hear your thoughts on the matter. Keep up the good work. ....وسعت 1
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@phantomcruizerمنذ 5 سنوات Very informative video!
Thanks
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@lokatpicمنذ 5 سنوات Channel 2 is gone from North Hollywood , Ca. Said it was some sort of thing with cable. No channel 2 2
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@countryside8122منذ 5 سنوات would be nice if they added analog TV to these channels. Wish I could get T.V. with an antenna again. Now i have to pay for free T.V. the hills in my area prevent me from getting an digital signal. Thanks FCC! 15
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@DavidSmith-rv1bgمنذ 5 سنوات I'm in the Houston market and so far I haven't lost any channels. All appear to be ok.
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@determineddi2044منذ 5 سنوات I love free tv. Sticking it to the man as I call it. We're ripped off as consumers everywhere we turn. Any legal freebies are ok by me. 25
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@-AnyWhoمنذ 5 سنوات this will be good news for those of us that have DIY in the attic style antennas cuz they are better in at 2-36 range . 50-64 on them styles usually id="hidden42" class="buttons"> do have horrible signals . when is this suppose to take place for those of us in the Western New York area? any idea? ....وسعت 1
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@bluhammer06منذ 5 سنوات From a broadcasters standpoint this has been a losing and costly situation. We started in a very good sized market on analog 13. We were than displaced id="hidden43" class="buttons"> to Channel 53. We than had to buy an all new digital system for the transition to digital. We than were displaced again to channel 51. Each change requires the replacement of our antenna at $30k plus and a loss of viewers than don’t re-scan, not to mention legal and licensing costs. Than we were displaced again this year and were faced with maybe getting a new channel through an auction or frequency sharing and paying another broadcaster to carry us. We then were lucky enough to get channel 39, but by now it was just not financially worth it to give it another go. Some made out, some didn’t. ....وسعت
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@ggme4682منذ 5 سنوات On August 2nd, 2019 the Boston area went through this "repack". I re-scanned my antenna channels as instructed and immediately almost every single id="hidden44" class="buttons"> channel now sucks.
I used to get a **LOT of channels without any problem in the least**.
But after the 'repack" it sucks so bad I can hardly watch it. Loss of channels, "weak or no signal", absolutely horrible pixelation, freezes with loss of sound.IT TOTALLY SUCKSSSSSS NOW, was perfect before!!! ....وسعت 4
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@johnturner7322منذ 5 سنوات This may explain some of the channel changes or eliminations I see in my area of OTA. I use 2 antennas combined to get TV from both west and north of me. id="hidden45" class="buttons"> But recently we noticed we no longer got a signal (specifically the ION group) from north of us but we did see the ION channel tied with our FOX channel line-up . Not much else has changed though. Thanks for the info. ....وسعت
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@dangrassمنذ 5 سنوات you are a great resource. Some more information about how digital sub channels work would be interesting.
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@OM19_MO79منذ 5 سنوات Mexico has a similar thing going on now, as ATSC and the same bands are also used and even shared in some border area, the IFT (Mexico´s communications authority) is also moving stations from their channels. There are, however, some major defferences and technically, there is no repack. The channels that are being moved are only those that were allocated past channel 37. Channels that were already allocated below channel 37 were not moved at all. Also, there was no incentive auction of any kind, no stations recieved indemnity payments to return the frequency, actually, no stations went off the air because of this reason. All stations were required to move to another avaialble channel in the UHF band to make things easier for them, only one transmitter was required to move from channel 51 to channel 2 and they are due but they will probably have their licence revoked by the end of the year anyway and not just for this reason (search for Comband, MVS and channel 51 to know more about it). Since there was no auction to make space, some areas, like Mexico City, have nearly all of the UHF band completely saturated. VHF has become reserved for upcoming new stations. ....وسعت
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@5roundsrapid263منذ 5 سنوات They already did the repack in my market. We already had 3 VHF channels, so they just moved to open UHF channels. I only had to do a rescan.
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@funtime974منذ 5 سنوات You could get uhf signals from San Diego to Long Beach and there were mountains between the cities.
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@frankbarajasمنذ 5 سنوات What's not being said is that these channel sharing combinations means that one or several of the channels may be at a reduced quality. In other words, id="hidden47" class="buttons"> you may find that your favorite station was delivering 1080i HD format but is now only a 720p HD or 480i SD format. However, you may also see some instances were weather-related issues (rain fade) could cause tiling or blocking, which is a type of image break up, still frames or image freezes and perhaps other disruptions due to the severity of image compression used to transmit these merged broadcast streams together over the same 6MHz channel. Regardless, get used to it as the deed has been done and there is no going back, besides they would really rather have you paying for cable or a dish anyway, so you can get that full HD quality you were promised on every channel. ....وسعت 2
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@buckshotcharlie1829منذ 5 سنوات Great programming. Any thoughts on how to keep Windows Media Center going beyond Win7 and into Win10?
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@peters8758منذ 5 سنوات So will Winegard and Channel Master tweak their products for peak gain on the remaining frequencies instead of being sensitive all the way to channel 83? id="hidden48" class="buttons">
ie. bow-ties get slighly wider, spacing between elements slightly greater. ....وسعت
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@jjcoolausمنذ 5 سنوات Great video. Why did dish network bid so much? Are they getting into wireless internet now?