Comment on Antenna TV is pretty cool, actually

• stonedemoman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I know that not everywhere is going to be within 50 miles of a broadcasting tower, but it doesn’t hurt to check. www.antennasdirect.com/transmitter-locator.html

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  • thanevim@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    "Valleys" was the key word there. Even if the distance isn't bad, a mountain between you and the broadcast tower can make 20 miles look like 70 in terms of signal

    Source: am Appalachian resident

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    • pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      in the town of Appalachia there is a pbs station that cannot broadcast ota because of the mountains

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    • stonedemoman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      With ATSC 1.0 channels this is generally true, with some exceptions, but ATSC 3.0 channels use OFDM to circumvent a lot of interference. There’s no real way of knowing whether or not it would work but Amazon has a 30-day return policy.

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