[gui-talk] would like some help after disconnecting from cable tv

[Gerald Levy]

Here in New York City, most landlords forbid the installation of rooftop 
antennas on their apartment buildings.  They receive kickbacks and 
incentives from the cable companies to insure that their tenants can only 
receive TV reception by signing up for cable service.  Even window-mounted 
satellite dishes are prohibited.

Gerald


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lloyd Rasmussen via gui-talk" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: <beth.wright at mindspring.com>; "Discussion of the Graphical User 
Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2014 8:28 AM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] would like some help after disconnecting from cable 
tv


> In the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC, in a house on a hilltop, we can 
> get a satisfactory number of stations with a DTV converter box and rabbit 
> ears.  But we're not asking for much, and a nearby window faces the 
> correct direction.
> In our area, all of the stations are on the VHF high channels (7 through 
> 13) or in the UHF range, even if they are still numbered 4 and 5.  Setting 
> up an antenna can be tedious, and you could use sighted help to observe 
> signal strength as you make adjustments to maximize individual channels. 
> The DTV tuners can do automatic seek, but this presupposes that there 
> happen to be strong signals to seek.  Antenna positioning is critical. 
> moving all or part of the antenna by a few inches in various directions 
> can make a big difference.  People walking around or above the antenna can 
> act as reflectors and enhance or kill a signal.  When the signal was 
> analog, you could go by the amount of hiss and distortion, but now you 
> need to have someone watch signal strength.  In an apartment building 
> things could become difficult or at least compromised.  There is a website 
> whose URL I don't remember where you can put in your ZIP code and they 
> give you some estimates of what you should be able to hear over the air.
>
>
>
> Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Orlando, FL (at NFB convention)
> http://lras.home.sprynet.com
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: beth.wright--- via gui-talk
> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2014 6:00 AM
> To: gui-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [gui-talk] would like some help after disconnecting from cable tv
>
> Hi, listers.  After experiencing astronomical increases in my monthly 
> cable bill, I decided I'd had enough and disconnected the service. I was 
> told by a friend that, if I got an indoor antenna for my TV, I wouldn't 
> have any problems getting my local channels over the air. Unfortunately, 
> the antenna doesn't work at my location, the signal is extremely weak, and 
> I can get only a couple of channels. Has anyone else on the list been 
> successful in cutting the cord and getting good tv reception or is this 
> just not possible in some some locations? If that's the case, are there 
> any receivers you can bufor that will broadcast the sound from the TV 
> stations? I know that, before everything was converted to digital, 
> some -panies made radios with TV sound bands. In fact, I have one, but, of 
> course, it doesn't work since the signals from the local TV channels are 
> now digital. Thanks in advance for any help.  Beth Wright
>
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