<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 11:50 PM, Jonny B <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jon.the.wise.gdrive@gmail.com" target="_blank">jon.the.wise.gdrive@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
So, I bought my digital tuners back in april of '08 in preparation for<br>
the digital transition. I made one of them bowtie antennas that use<br>
coat hangers and a 2x4 (I used 12 gauge copper romex, but I digress).<br>
Up until Friday, I was able to tune all my local stations in HD, but<br>
post transition, I am unable to tune KVIE or KXTV (6.1 and 10.1). I am<br>
located in sacramento, ca. After searching around for a while, I've<br>
discovered that both of these stations moved their digital stations to<br>
VHF frequencies (9 and 10 respectively) on friday. So, now I'm at an<br>
impasse. I've emailed both complaining about the confusion this<br>
causes, and the fact that people buying "HD" antennas are going to be<br>
unable to tune stations because "HD" antennas that I've seen are only<br>
UHF. Has anybody else encountered this, and if so, what kind of<br>
solutions can you provide for me to be able to tune the high VHF<br>
frequencies? Thanks.</blockquote><div><br>You can purchase a VHF antenna that is geared toward the high end of the VHF spectrum only. You can then join the VHF signal with your UHF antenna using a VHF/UHF joiner. You can also make your own antenna. There are several examples on the web. Here's some:<br>
<br>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/pdf/9304054.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/pdf/9304054.pdf</a><br></p><a href="http://nsayer.blogspot.com/2008/12/building-vhf-tv-dipole.html" target="_blank">http://nsayer.blogspot.com/2008/12/building-vhf-tv-dipole.html</a>:<br>
</div></div><br><br><br>-- <br>
Brad Fuller<br>