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Posted by KKpenguin (A) on September 20, 2003 at 15:26:39

In Reply to: Any Experience with HDTV Antennas out there? posted by Paul in Sterling on September 16, 2003 at 02:33:02:

Any good quality antenna will work just fine. The trick is to get it aimed for minimum reflections (ghosts in NTSC terms). You might seriously consider a rotator if you're trying to get a distant signal, over 30 miles or so from the transmitter.

Keep in mind the brick-wall effect. Marginal signals are either good or non-existent, depending on how much data is lost in the error-correction done in the set. Moving the antenna up or down as little as a foot might make the difference between picture and nothing.

FYI, I'm a retired television broadcasting engineer.

KKpenguin.