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TexasProgresive

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8. I would like to say that the term "digital antenna" is hype.
Fri May 10, 2019, 10:02 PM
May 2019

We used the same external antenna set up that I installed 30 years ago to receive analog TV signals and then digital signals. An antenna is an antenna that is designed to receive the radio frequencies it is designed to. That antenna does not care how the data on that RF is modulated. It's kind of like Sunkist touting raisins as being 100% fat free during the low fat craze.

I did replace our two antennas with a deep fringe and median range (the point in two different directions) after a buzzard tried to light on the old one and broke elements off. These two antennas are the same basic design that I used to install in Houston 45 years ago.

About your external antenna problem. How high above the roof line do you have to go to get signal? You might be able to do what I did. We have a 40' push pole mounted from the ground up the side of the gable. I have avoid mounting stuff on the roof that can cause leaks.

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