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June 30, 2008
| Exact Location: | | Southern edge of El Campo`
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| Terrain: | | Tall Trees
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| Antenna Model: | | Phillips 100 mile range unit
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| Ant. Location: | | 25 ft mast Large Phillips antenna
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| Ant. Information: | |
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| Tuner: | | RCA DTC100
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| Installation: | | Walmart RCA dta800 box Self install
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| Comments: | | Can not get KTRK houston, get every other Houston and Victoria channel but even after adding a 45db gain line booster, still nothing. Not sure if maybe their signal will not be read by boxes that convert back to analog. Seems to picked up very easily by a HDTV with only a screw for an antenna,. But nothing on a converter with a huge boom antenna on the roof. I have emailed the engineering dept at KTRK to see if they can give me any advise.
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City: El Campo ZipCode: 77437 County: Wharton
Receiving the Following Stations:
NBC KPRC-DT - 17%`
PBS KUHT-DT - weak
CBS KHOU-DT - 16%`
FOX KRIV-DT - 17%
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
KVAC Victoria ABC affilite
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April 01, 2008
| Exact Location: | |
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| Terrain: | |
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| Antenna Model: | | old attic directional, home made quad bowtie design
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| Ant. Location: | | duel ant's attic and set top homemade
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| Ant. Information: | |
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| Tuner: | |
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| Installation: | | self
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| Comments: | | Not much to say really, bought one of the gov coupon boxes. The remote died after a week. Exchanged at best buy.
Started with a medium grade 16 or so boom ant in the attic. All stations from channel 8 and 49 came in perfect. Then tried the philips amplified rabbit ears, and got most of the others with -fair results. Next I built a quad bow tie out of 6 coat hangers works great from inside the house. I didn't put a reflector on the ant because I live close to downtown and the stations are a little spread out.
It appears that channel 8 and 49 require the old large ant as I get no signal at all with the bow tie. These stations are broadcasting in vhf-dtv and the larger booms in the attic pick these up very well. I still have problems when it rains on channel 26 and may have to build another ant to point that way.
If you live in town don't waste money on a amplified ant. Artificially increasing the gain of a ghosted signal only makes the problem worse.
Duel ant's work great if you make sure your coax is the same length going into the combiner not a splitter connected backwards!
I'm not sure what we'll due for the beach house or the property out in the country since they are about 120 miles from anywhere.
Overall it's been a headache but I get 28 stations now 1/3 are Spanish and a bunch are infomercials but the picture is great.
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City: Houston ZipCode: 77008 County: Harris
Receiving the Following Stations:
UPN KTXH-DT -
ABC KTRK-DT -
FOX KRIV-DT -
CBS KHOU-DT -
PBS KUHT-DT -
NBC KPRC-DT -
WB KHWB-DT -
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
55,49-1-2-3, 14-1-2-3-4-5,
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January 24, 2008
| Exact Location: | | Fairwood
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| Terrain: | | Tall Pine Trees
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| Antenna Model: | | Home made: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/762088/coat_hanger_hdtv_antenna_better_than_store_bought_amazing/
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| Ant. Location: | | Outside, connected to unused DishTV
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| Ant. Information: | |
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| Tuner: | |
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| Installation: | | Self Install connected to Sharp Aquos HDTV
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| Comments: | |
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City: Cypress ZipCode: 77429 County: Harris
Receiving the Following Stations:
WB KHWB-DT - Excellent
NBC KPRC-DT - Excellent
ABC KTRK-DT - Excellent
CBS KHOU-DT - Excellent
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
I only receive Fox, UPN, and PBS in analog, not HD. Not sure why since they appear to be broadcast from the same tower as ABC-HD, which I receive.
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September 15, 2007
| Exact Location: | | Outside of Rosenberg near the fairgrounds
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| Terrain: | | Country, some trees
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| Antenna Model: | | Unknown, 20+ years old
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| Ant. Location: | | Outdoors pole mounted
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| Ant. Information: | |
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| Tuner: | |
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| Installation: | |
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| Comments: | | My brother and I purchased my mom a 34" Sony CRT HDTV for her birthday. Using the same aerial antenna she had since the house was built, we pick up all the digital channels with superb clarity. Prior TV could barely pickup any analog signal. Now my mom loves it. She can actually see the letters watching wheel of fortune... We programmed out all the analog channels except PBS and she is only receiving the HDTV signals + we programmed a digital weather channel. She gets to watch HDTV with no costs.
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City: Rosenberg ZipCode: 77471 County: Fort Bend
Receiving the Following Stations:
CBS KHOU-DT - Excellent
ABC KTRK-DT - Excellent
FOX KRIV-DT - Excellent
NBC KPRC-DT - Excellent
WB KHWB-DT - Excellent
UPN KTXH-DT - Excellent
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
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August 23, 2007
| Exact Location: | | 2ND STORY APT
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| Terrain: | | FLAT
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| Antenna Model: | | RABIT EARS $7.99
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| Ant. Location: | | TOP OF TV
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| Ant. Information: | | NONE
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| Tuner: | |
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| Installation: | |
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| Comments: | | NO KNWS
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City: Houston ZipCode: 77034 County: Harris
Receiving the Following Stations:
WB KHWB-DT -
PBS KUHT-DT -
NBC KPRC-DT -
CBS KHOU-DT -
UPN KTXH-DT -
FOX KRIV-DT -
ABC KTRK-DT -
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
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July 03, 2007
| Exact Location: | | house
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| Terrain: | | mostly small trees - a couple of big trees
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| Antenna Model: | | Phillips MANT410
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| Ant. Location: | | indoor
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| Ant. Information: | |
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| Tuner: | |
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| Installation: | | Self Install
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| Comments: | | For some reason we just don't get PBS at all...
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City: Houston ZipCode: 77077 County: Harris
Receiving the Following Stations:
CBS KHOU-DT - Very good
ABC KTRK-DT - Very good
FOX KRIV-DT - Very good
NBC KPRC-DT - Very good
UPN KTXH-DT - Good
WB KHWB-DT - Very good
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
Univision (45), Telemundo (47)
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June 01, 2007
| Exact Location: | | I-45 and Bellfort (Gulfgate)
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| Terrain: | | General Neighborhood with Trees
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| Antenna Model: | | Standard Rabbit Ears
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| Ant. Location: | | Indoor
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| Ant. Information: | |
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| Tuner: | |
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| Installation: | | Self Install
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| Comments: | | Other than PBS, I get all the other channels in great quality. Probably would get PBS if I used a better antennae.
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City: Houston ZipCode: 77017 County: Harris
Receiving the Following Stations:
WB KHWB-DT -
PBS KUHT-DT - Don't recieve PBS digital channels at all.
NBC KPRC-DT -
CBS KHOU-DT -
UPN KTXH-DT -
FOX KRIV-DT -
ABC KTRK-DT -
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
Get all the digital channels like Tube Music Network, All Spanish channels, and others.
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April 10, 2007
| Exact Location: | | Oakhurst at Kingwood
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| Terrain: | |
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| Antenna Model: | | Winegard SS-2000
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| Ant. Location: | | Attic over garage
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| Ant. Information: | |
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| Tuner: | |
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| Installation: | | Self Installation
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| Comments: | | I have two SS-2000's mounted in the attic above my garage. One feeds to a Directv HR10-250 HD Tivo, and the other feeds to a Directv H20. Signal strength is excellent.
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City: Porter ZipCode: 77365 County: Montgomery
Receiving the Following Stations:
CBS KHOU-DT -
ABC KTRK-DT -
FOX KRIV-DT -
NBC KPRC-DT -
UPN KTXH-DT -
WB KHWB-DT -
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
55.1 KTBU
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December 21, 2006
| Exact Location: | | Lakeside Meadow
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| Terrain: | | Standard single & two-storey homes
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| Antenna Model: | | Regular (standard) from Channel 2
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| Ant. Location: | | Inside, on top of entt. centre
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| Ant. Information: | | Regular (standard) from Channel 2
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| Tuner: | | Panasonic TUDST50
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| Installation: | | Self
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| Comments: | | Not sure about the tuner type.
The TV model is Panasonic TH-42PX60U
Why are the channel numbers different to what I get?
I have purchased and returned three HDTV antennae from Circuit City - Philips Indoor HDTV Antenna (PHDTV3)
Walmart - Philips MANT940 Indoor/Outdoor HDTV Antenna
Radioshack - Radioshack model ($25)
The best so far is the $20 antenna from Channel 2. But cannot pickup Channel 2 HD!!
Any advice? I should get the small multidirectional (yellow) according to antennaweb.org.
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City: Missouri City ZipCode: 77459 County: Fort Bend
Receiving the Following Stations:
WB KHWB-DT - Only standard 39
UPN KTXH-DT - Both Channel 20 and HD 20.1
NBC KPRC-DT - Only 2, no HD
PBS KUHT-DT - Ch 8 is not so good, 8.1 very good picture, but no sound, 8.2 is best
FOX KRIV-DT - HD 26.1 is better than 26
ABC KTRK-DT - Only standard 13
CBS KHOU-DT - Channel 11, HD 11.1, Weather 11.2 & 11.3
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
Some Spanish language HD
PAX Channel 33 is weak
Channel 51 is OK
Channel 55 is very weak
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December 15, 2006
| Exact Location: | | Nottingham Forest
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| Terrain: | | trees
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| Antenna Model: | | ??
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| Ant. Location: | | attic of 2 story house
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| Ant. Information: | | yagi
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| Tuner: | | Toshiba DST3000
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| Installation: | | self
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| Comments: | | Have large problem getting ABC. added line amp but no success
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City: Houston ZipCode: 77079 County: Harris
Receiving the Following Stations:
CBS KHOU-DT - 90
ABC KTRK-DT - 20 -very poor -unwatchable
FOX KRIV-DT - 90
PBS KUHT-DT - 75
NBC KPRC-DT - 90
UPN KTXH-DT - 90
WB KHWB-DT - 90
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
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September 28, 2006
| Exact Location: | | Ridge Turn/South Post Oak
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| Terrain: | | Trees
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| Antenna Model: | |
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| Ant. Location: | | Attic
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| Ant. Information: | | Hooked to Satellite
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| Tuner: | |
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| Installation: | | Self Installed
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| Comments: | | Fox seeems to have a problem during Sunday Football games strange very strange.
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City: Houston ZipCode: 77053 County: Harris
Receiving the Following Stations:
UPN KTXH-DT - Very Good
WB KHWB-DT - The Best
NBC KPRC-DT - Very Good
PBS KUHT-DT - The Best
FOX KRIV-DT - Good
ABC KTRK-DT - Very Good
CBS KHOU-DT - Very Good
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
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June 27, 2006
| Exact Location: | | Next to Super Target and Grand Pkwy
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| Terrain: | | flat
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| Antenna Model: | | terk
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| Ant. Location: | | attic
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| Ant. Information: | | tubular
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| Tuner: | | Samsung SIRT151
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| Installation: | | self
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| Comments: | |
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City: Katy ZipCode: 77494 County: Harris
Receiving the Following Stations:
ABC KTRK-DT -
FOX KRIV-DT -
UPN KTXH-DT -
CBS KHOU-DT -
PBS KUHT-DT -
NBC KPRC-DT -
WB KHWB-DT -
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
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June 27, 2006
| Exact Location: | | Next to Super Target and Grand Pkwy
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| Terrain: | | flat
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| Antenna Model: | | terk
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| Ant. Location: | | attic
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| Ant. Information: | | tubular
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| Tuner: | | Samsung SIRT151
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| Installation: | | self
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| Comments: | |
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City: Katy ZipCode: 77494 County: Harris
Receiving the Following Stations:
WB KHWB-DT - great
NBC KPRC-DT - great
PBS KUHT-DT - No signal
CBS KHOU-DT - good w/ occassional pixilation
UPN KTXH-DT - good w/ frequent pixilation
FOX KRIV-DT - good w/ occassional pixilation
ABC KTRK-DT - No signal
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
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March 28, 2006
| Exact Location: | | Cinco Ranch/ Katy Mason Rd at Westheimer Pkwy
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| Terrain: | | Flat, a few trees
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| Antenna Model: | | Terk 55
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| Ant. Location: | | Inside on top of entertainment cabinet 2nd floor
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| Ant. Information: | | Indoor Amplifed
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| Tuner: | | Samsung SIRT165
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| Installation: | | Self
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| Comments: | | Could not get the PBS affiliate to come in.
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City: Katy ZipCode: 77450 County: Harris
Receiving the Following Stations:
ABC KTRK-DT - 90% signal strength excellent picture quality
FOX KRIV-DT - 99% signal strength excellent picture quality
CBS KHOU-DT - 100% signal strength excellent picture quality
NBC KPRC-DT - 96% signal strength excellent picture quality
UPN KTXH-DT - 100% signal strength excellent picture quality
WB KHWB-DT - 100% signal strength excellent picture quality
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
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February 19, 2006
| Exact Location: | | 2006 Laurel Hill Dr.
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| Terrain: | | 2 Story Home
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| Antenna Model: | | Radio Shack
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| Ant. Location: | | Attic
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| Ant. Information: | |
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| Tuner: | | Sylvania HDTV
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| Installation: | | Self-Installed
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| Comments: | |
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City: Humble ZipCode: 77339 County: Harris
Receiving the Following Stations:
WB KHWB-DT - 100%
UPN KTXH-DT - 100%
NBC KPRC-DT - 100%
CBS KHOU-DT - 100%
PBS KUHT-DT - 100%
FOX KRIV-DT - 100%
ABC KTRK-DT - 100%
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
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February 04, 2006
| Exact Location: | | Apartment,bottom facing Northwest
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| Terrain: | | some pine trees/ no building above 2 floors.
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| Antenna Model: | | Radio Shack 15-1892
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| Ant. Location: | | indoor/ 1" form ceiling
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| Ant. Information: | |
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| Tuner: | | Samsung SIRT151
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| Installation: | | Self Install
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| Comments: | | I don't know if it is The reciever used and old or my building; but I thought I'd be getting better reception. I use to have Time Warner but Got tired of giving them all that money for few HD channel and piss-poor service. Although INHD 1 and 2 are great channels. Plan on getting sat. next month.
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City: Houston ZipCode: 77084 County: Harris
Receiving the Following Stations:
ABC KTRK-DT -
FOX KRIV-DT -
PBS KUHT-DT -
CBS KHOU-DT -
NBC KPRC-DT -
UPN KTXH-DT -
WB KHWB-DT -
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
I receive all other channel with no problem except channel 55 "the tube". All these channels are deleted form my line-up.
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November 26, 2005
| Exact Location: | | Pearland - Southdown
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| Terrain: | | Medium and Low Trees
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| Antenna Model: | | Rabbit Ears
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| Ant. Location: | | Inside
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| Ant. Information: | | No Boost
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| Tuner: | | Toshiba DST3000
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| Installation: | | Integrated in TV
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| Comments: | | The reception is typically great with a $9 set of rabbit ears. However I'm having reception problems during heavy rain this morning. That could probably be corrected with a boosted indoor antenna.
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City: Pearland ZipCode: 77584 County: Brazoria
Receiving the Following Stations:
WB KHWB-DT - Excellent 82-92% signal strength
UPN KTXH-DT - Excellent 82-92% signal strength
NBC KPRC-DT - Excellent 82-92% signal strength
PBS KUHT-DT - Lowest signal strength (72-75%) in the market area with some reception problems in the evenings, but otherwise stunning reception clarity
FOX KRIV-DT - Excellent 82-92% signal strength
ABC KTRK-DT - Excellent 82-92% signal strength
CBS KHOU-DT - Excellent 82-92% signal strength
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
Various other market channels
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November 25, 2005
| Exact Location: | | Crawford St
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| Terrain: | | Trees, Buildings (Med Center)
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| Antenna Model: | | Channel Master 3016
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| Ant. Location: | | Outside
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| Ant. Information: | | MD (Red)
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| Tuner: | |
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| Installation: | | Self
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| Comments: | | Antenna installed on roof of multi-story townhome. No significant obstructions along primary orientation of 210 degrees. DTV tuner built into LCD TV. Excellent picture on all channels.
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City: Houston ZipCode: 77004 County: Harris
Receiving the Following Stations:
ABC KTRK-DT - Strong
FOX KRIV-DT - Strong
PBS KUHT-DT - Strong
CBS KHOU-DT - Strong
NBC KPRC-DT - Strong
UPN KTXH-DT - Strong
WB KHWB-DT - Strong
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
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November 16, 2005
| Exact Location: | | West Little York at Greenhouse Rd.
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| Terrain: | | Fairly New Neighborhood
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| Antenna Model: | | SR51 AntennasDirect
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| Ant. Location: | | Antenna Indoors
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| Ant. Information: | | Directional
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| Tuner: | | Samsung SIRT151
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| Installation: | | Self-Install
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| Comments: | | Currently my antenna is resting on my TV. Once I finalize the install of the antenna to my roof, I shouldn't ever have an issue receiving perfect picture.
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City: Katy ZipCode: 77449 County: Harris
Receiving the Following Stations:
WB KHWB-DT - Very Good
UPN KTXH-DT - Very Good
NBC KPRC-DT - Very Good
CBS KHOU-DT - Very Good
PBS KUHT-DT - Very Good
FOX KRIV-DT - Very Good
ABC KTRK-DT - Very Good
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
Several Spanish Channels Available. Tube is also available.
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November 05, 2005
| Exact Location: | | 2727 Bens Branch Dr
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| Terrain: | | Apt 2nd floor
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| Antenna Model: | | RCA ANT1250
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| Ant. Location: | | Indoor
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| Ant. Information: | | 45db
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| Tuner: | |
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| Installation: | | Self, Samsung 30" HD built in
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| Comments: | |
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City: Humble ZipCode: 77339 County: Harris
Receiving the Following Stations:
ABC KTRK-DT - 50%
CBS KHOU-DT - 50%
FOX KRIV-DT - 50%
PBS KUHT-DT - 0%
NBC KPRC-DT - 50%
UPN KTXH-DT - 30%
WB KHWB-DT - 50%
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
55.1 - 30%
57.1 - 30%
67.1 - 50%
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September 20, 2005
| Exact Location: | | Cypresswood
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| Terrain: | | Tall pine trees, house is level with Cypress Creek at the bottom of a hill
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| Antenna Model: | | Winegard CA-7080 90", Winegard Amp DA-1136, Winegard LT-4000 line taps (2)
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| Ant. Location: | | Attic, second story
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| Ant. Information: | | 8 drops in the house, terminated if not used
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| Tuner: | |
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| Installation: | | Self installed May 93
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| Comments: | | CBS, NBC are the best at HD, almost always at 1080.........WB cheats the most, usually at 480 - but my TV upgrades it to 1080p which helps a lot. PBS being the "old" kid on the block makes use of some "old" HD equipment for some older shows, but the newer shows are great. ABC seems to stay at 720 most of the time, except the football looks like 1080 to me. FOX appears to be changing from 480 to 720, and maybe a couple of shows at 1080. TV is one of the new Mitsubishi 1080p sets (WD-52628)with the HD turner built it. The only thing I wish I had would be RUSH-HD and FUEL-HD - - - the RUSH TV may only be available form Dish Network now.........but to pay $90 a month for one station is not worth it. I receive a total of 28 digital stations crystal clear, signal strength is 9 or 10. Only one station: 51-1 digital can not be received here in digital. Currently the TV's built in TV-GUIDE system does not work correctly, but several people are supposed to be working on that. In lieu of that, just using the built-in "channel view" sytem for now.
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City: Spring ZipCode: 77373 County: Harris
Receiving the Following Stations:
UPN KTXH-DT - Excellent
WB KHWB-DT - Excellent
NBC KPRC-DT - Excellent
PBS KUHT-DT - Excellent
FOX KRIV-DT - Excellent
CBS KHOU-DT - Excellent
ABC KTRK-DT - Excellent
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
A few other received pefectly clear: KETH, KXLN, KTMD, KPXB, KTBU, KAZH, KFTH, KZJL. Many of those will have multiple feeds 1, 2, 3, 4 etc.
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April 11, 2005
| Exact Location: | | Canyon Gate at Northpointe in Tomball near HP
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| Terrain: | | Tall Trees
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| Antenna Model: | | Radio Shack VU-75 XR
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| Ant. Location: | | Attic
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| Ant. Information: | | 18 Element Boom
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| Tuner: | |
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| Installation: | | Self installed
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| Comments: | |
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City: Tomball ZipCode: 77377 County: Harris
Receiving the Following Stations:
ABC KTRK-DT -
FOX KRIV-DT -
PBS KUHT-DT -
CBS KHOU-DT -
NBC KPRC-DT -
UPN KTXH-DT -
WB KHWB-DT -
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
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February 18, 2005
| Exact Location: | | Braeswood & Buffalo Speedway
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| Terrain: | | single family homes and lots of trees
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| Antenna Model: | |
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| Ant. Location: | | attic
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| Ant. Information: | | big old Radio Shack SDTV monster
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| Tuner: | |
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| Installation: | | self install LG LST-4200A
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| Comments: | | All channels at slightly above average signal strength according to tuner. Great quality on all! Previous SDTV reception varied from day to day and could be quite awful with lots of snow and bad ghosting.
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City: Houston ZipCode: 77025 County: Harris
Receiving the Following Stations:
WB KHWB-DT -
UPN KTXH-DT -
NBC KPRC-DT -
CBS KHOU-DT -
PBS KUHT-DT -
FOX KRIV-DT -
ABC KTRK-DT -
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
Sure, all the Hispanic, shopping, and religious channels plus PAX are in Houston, too, in HD.
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December 25, 2004
| Exact Location: | | cy-fair
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| Terrain: | | new housing small trees no big buildings
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| Antenna Model: | | terk hdtvi
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| Ant. Location: | | near tv
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| Ant. Information: | |
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| Tuner: | |
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| Installation: | | motorola hdt101
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| Comments: | | great box works perfect
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City: Houston ZipCode: 77001 County: Harris
Receiving the Following Stations:
ABC KTRK-DT - great
FOX KRIV-DT - great
PBS KUHT-DT - great
CBS KHOU-DT - great
NBC KPRC-DT - great
UPN KTXH-DT - great
WB KHWB-DT - great
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
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October 04, 2004
| Exact Location: | | Keegans Wood Area
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| Terrain: | | Flat terrain, medium size trees.
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| Antenna Model: | | Terk TV44 Cable Dish Clamp-on
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| Ant. Location: | | lower roof, 10 foot above ground
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| Ant. Information: | | Amplified
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| Tuner: | | Hauppauge WinTVHD
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| Installation: | | Self Installed Dvico FusionHD PCI card for Home PC
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| Comments: | | Better signal possible with better antenna or higher roof mount.
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City: Houston ZipCode: 77083 County: Harris
Receiving the Following Stations:
WB KHWB-DT - medium signal
NBC KPRC-DT - strong signal
CBS KHOU-DT - strong signal
PBS KUHT-DT - medium to low signal, good late night
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
KPXB-DT
KAZH-DT
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August 16, 2004
| Exact Location: | | Louedd
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| Terrain: | | Tall Trees
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| Antenna Model: | | $35 model from Lowes
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| Ant. Location: | | Attic
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| Ant. Information: | | VHF/UHF
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| Tuner: | | Panasonic TUHDS20
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| Installation: | | Self
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| Comments: | | Spoke with all 3 major network engineers.
NBC says decrease gain if you are getting others.
CBS plans to purchase additional equipment to broacast same type of format ABC and NBC have.
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City: Montgomery ZipCode: 77356 County: Montgomery
Receiving the Following Stations:
PBS KUHT-DT - 15% They only broadcast digital on VHF
NBC KPRC-DT - 100% Slow to decode. FYI: They broadcast the highest wattage so you may have to decrease gain to receive
FOX KRIV-DT - 100%
ABC KTRK-DT - 100% All 3 Channels
CBS KHOU-DT - 100%
WB KHWB-DT - 100%
UPN KTXH-DT - 100%
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
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August 12, 2004
| Exact Location: | | Hwy 105 West to Montgomery
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| Terrain: | | Tall Trees
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| Antenna Model: | | ChannelMaster Stealth-tenna
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| Ant. Location: | | Chimney Mounted, 5 ft. over my rooftop
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| Ant. Information: | | ChannelMaster Amp inside Stealth-tenna
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| Tuner: | | Samsung SIRT151
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| Installation: | | Self Installed
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City: Montgomery ZipCode: 77356 County: Montgomery
Receiving the Following Stations:
UPN KTXH-DT - 90%
WB KHWB-DT - 100%
ABC KTRK-DT - 100% strong
FOX KRIV-DT - 100%
NBC KPRC-DT - 100% very strong
PBS KUHT-DT - 2% - very weak
CBS KHOU-DT - 20% - used to be strong signal
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
Bryan-College Station, Channel 3 is weak
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June 26, 2004
| Exact Location: | |
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| Antenna Model: | |
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| Ant. Information: | |
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| Tuner: | | EchoStar 6000
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| Comments: | |
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City: Houston ZipCode: 77083 County: Harris
Receiving the Following Stations:
None Selected -
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
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June 19, 2004
| Exact Location: | | Baytown, TX
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| Terrain: | | Trees
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| Antenna Model: | | Terk pre-amp hdtv indoor antenna
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| Ant. Location: | | Indoor
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| Ant. Information: | | Pre-amplified HDTV indoor antenna
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| Tuner: | | Zenith IQDTV1080
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| Installation: | | Self Install
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City: Baytown ZipCode: 77520 County: Harris
Receiving the Following Stations:
FOX KRIV-DT - Great quality, rarely skips
ABC KTRK-DT - Great quality, rarely skips
CBS KHOU-DT - Great quality, skips sometimes
NBC KPRC-DT - Great quality but skips often
WB KHWB-DT - Skips often, almost unwatchable
UPN KTXH-DT - Sometimes skips, sometimes doesn't
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
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March 01, 2004
| Exact Location: | | Longwood
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| Terrain: | | Tall Pine Trees
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| Antenna Model: | | Zenith Multi-Directional
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| Ant. Location: | | Indoor
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| Ant. Information: | |
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| Tuner: | | Samsung SIRT165
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| Installation: | | Self Install
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| Comments: | | Tried several antennas, both indoor and outdoor (clip to satellite dish) and this one received the most channels at one time without too much "fiddling" with it. Just don't understand why I am not getting audio on local NBC, ABC and CBS when thier sub-channels (2-2, 13-2) get audio fine.
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City: Cypress ZipCode: 77429 County: Harris
Receiving the Following Stations:
UPN KTXH-DT - great picture and sound
WB KHWB-DT - great picture and sound
NBC KPRC-DT - great picture...no audio
ABC KTRK-DT - great picture...no audio
CBS KHOU-DT - Great picture...no audio
FOX KRIV-DT - great picture and sound
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
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February 12, 2004
| Exact Location: | | Preston and Spencer
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| Terrain: | | Flat
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| Antenna Model: | | Turk TV55
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| Ant. Location: | | Outside
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| Ant. Information: | | Bar with amp
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| Tuner: | | Samsung SIRT165
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| Installation: | | Self Install
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| Comments: | | Not very happy with reception. Seems to work great one day and bad the next. Weather must have somthing to do with it. Can't use digital sound from my tuner as it comes in and out- very distracting.
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City: Pasadena ZipCode: 77505 County: Harris
Receiving the Following Stations:
FOX KRIV-DT - Mostly Good
CBS KHOU-DT - Good
ABC KTRK-DT - Good
NBC KPRC-DT - Mostly Good
PBS KUHT-DT - Hit and Miss
WB KHWB-DT - Good
UPN KTXH-DT - Good
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
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October 31, 2003
| Exact Location: | | Silverlake Subdivision
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| Terrain: | | Few trees, no large obstructions
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| Antenna Model: | | MegaWave M-TV-1
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| Ant. Location: | | Indoor
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| Ant. Information: | | No pre-amp, indoor antenna
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| Tuner: | | Mitsubishi SRHD500
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| Installation: | | Self
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| Comments: | |
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City: Pearland ZipCode: 77584 County: Brazoria
Receiving the Following Stations:
WB KHWB-DT -
PBS KUHT-DT -
NBC KPRC-DT -
ABC KTRK-DT -
CBS KHOU-DT -
UPN KTXH-DT -
FOX KRIV-DT - The signal on FOX is sometimes difficult to maintain
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
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October 26, 2003
| Exact Location: | | Cypresswood Lake
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| Terrain: | | Very few trees
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| Antenna Model: | | Radio Shack U-75R UHF Antenna
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| Ant. Location: | | Chimney Mount with a 5 foot mast
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| Ant. Information: | | Antenna - RG-6 - TV
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| Tuner: | |
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| Installation: | | Self Install
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| Comments: | | Sony KDP-57WS550 TV with a built in DTV Tuner
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City: Spring ZipCode: 77373 County: Harris
Receiving the Following Stations:
FOX KRIV-DT - 98-100% no dropout
UPN KTXH-DT - 98-100% no dropout
ABC KTRK-DT - 98-100% no dropout
NBC KPRC-DT - 98-100% no dropout
PBS KUHT-DT - 98-100% no dropout
CBS KHOU-DT - 98-100% no dropout
WB KHWB-DT - 98-100% no dropout
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
5 other Spanish channels
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October 18, 2003
| Exact Location: | | Seabrook
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| Terrain: | | Trees
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| Antenna Model: | | Radio Shack Yagi
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| Ant. Location: | | Outside, 6ft. above peak
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| Ant. Information: | |
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| Tuner: | | Samsung SIRT165
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| Installation: | | self
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| Comments: | | Had to get above the peak to get the best reception. The yagi antenna worked the best, I tried several.
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City: Seabrook ZipCode: 77586 County: Harris
Receiving the Following Stations:
WB KHWB-DT -
UPN KTXH-DT -
CBS KHOU-DT -
PBS KUHT-DT -
NBC KPRC-DT -
ABC KTRK-DT -
FOX KRIV-DT -
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
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October 07, 2003
| Exact Location: | | 1302 Comanche Deer Park, TX (Houston suberb)
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| Terrain: | | residential area on coastal plains with trees
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| Antenna Model: | |
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| Ant. Location: | | attic of 2-story house
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| Ant. Information: | | Radio Shack Traditional roof top antenna istalled in attic
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| Tuner: | | Samsung SIRT160
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| Installation: | | self
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| Comments: | | excellent reception on all stations, exceptional picture clarity. much better than local cable or DirectTV signal.
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City: Deer Park ZipCode: 77536 County: Harris
Receiving the Following Stations:
FOX KRIV-DT -
ABC KTRK-DT -
NBC KPRC-DT -
PBS KUHT-DT -
CBS KHOU-DT -
UPN KTXH-DT -
WB KHWB-DT -
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
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September 17, 2003
| Exact Location: | |
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| Antenna Model: | |
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City: Houston ZipCode: 77049 County: Harris
Receiving the Following Stations:
WB KHWB-DT -
CBS KHOU-DT -
PBS KUHT-DT -
NBC KPRC-DT -
ABC KTRK-DT -
FOX KRIV-DT -
UPN KTXH-DT -
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
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September 10, 2003
| Exact Location: | | Kingwood,Texas
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| Terrain: | | Trees/2 story house
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| Antenna Model: | | Winegard Parabolic
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| Ant. Location: | | Attic
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| Ant. Information: | | Curved Parabolic with amp
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| Tuner: | | Sony SATHD200
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| Installation: | | Self Install
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| Comments: | |
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City: Humble ZipCode: 77345 County: Harris
Receiving the Following Stations:
FOX KRIV-DT -
ABC KTRK-DT -
NBC KPRC-DT - Not quite as good as CBS and ABC
PBS KUHT-DT -
CBS KHOU-DT -
WB KHWB-DT -
UPN KTXH-DT -
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
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August 02, 2003
| Exact Location: | | Fairmont Pkway & Bltway 8
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| Terrain: | | flat
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| Antenna Model: | | RCA ANT200B
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| Ant. Location: | | Inside, on top of TV
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| Ant. Information: | | Amplified Rabbit ears/Loop
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| Tuner: | | Samsung SIRT150
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| Installation: | | self
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| Comments: | | Strong single from all channels with simple amplified inside ant.
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City: Pasadena ZipCode: 77505 County: Harris
Receiving the Following Stations:
WB KHWB-DT -
CBS KHOU-DT -
PBS KUHT-DT - Amplification must be turned on to receive this one
NBC KPRC-DT -
ABC KTRK-DT -
FOX KRIV-DT -
UPN KTXH-DT -
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
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July 09, 2003
| Exact Location: | | Conroe
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| Terrain: | | Trees
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| Antenna Model: | | Radio Shack 120" UHF/VHF/FM
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| Ant. Location: | | Chimney mount on 2 story house
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| Ant. Information: | |
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| Tuner: | | Hughes HSYSE86
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| Installation: | | Self Install
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| Comments: | | Receive all the Houston channels at 95-100%. UPN is very low and I usually can't pick it ip. Also can not pick up PBS at all. I am about 60 miles North of Houston.
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City: Conroe ZipCode: 77304 County: Montgomery
Receiving the Following Stations:
FOX KRIV-DT - 100%
ABC KTRK-DT - 100%
NBC KPRC-DT - 100%
CBS KHOU-DT - 100%
WB KHWB-DT - 100%
Receiving Other Stations Not Listed Above:
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July 08, 2003
| Exact Location: | | Katy, Nottingham Country
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| Terrain: | |
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| Antenna Model: | | ChannelMaster 3016
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| Ant. Location: | | Attic
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| Ant. Information: | |
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| Tuner: | | Samsung SIRT151
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| Installation: | | Self
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| Comments: | |
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City: Katy ZipCode: 77450 County: Harris
Receiving the Following Stations:
WB KHWB-DT - Very Good
CBS KHOU-DT - Very Good
PBS KUHT-DT - Very Good
NBC KPRC-DT - Very Good
ABC KTRK-DT - Very Good
FOX KRIV-DT - Very Good
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