[mythtv-users] HDTV antenna quandry

[Daniel Kristjansson]

On Tue, 2007-04-24 at 22:03 -0700, Brad Templeton wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 09:40:43PM -0700, Yan Seiner wrote:
> > Mark napsal(a):
> > You don't need any fancy stuff; just ordinary high quality splitters 
> > will do.  I get a lot of my stuff from <http://www.summitsource.com/>.
> > 
> > Oh, and sacrificing a chicken won't hurt....  Be prepared to spend a 
> > couple of days climbing on the roof tweaking antennas....  :-)
> 
> I have to say for me it was a 21st century moment to be up on my
> rooftop, with a laptop with 802.11 in it, ssh'd in to the server down
> below, running dtvsignal as I moved my antenna around looking for the
> best location for my antenna.
> 
> (To make it a _really_ 21st century moment, I would have used
> the metrofi municipal wireless that is outside my house, and
> been connected through who knows where back to the server!)

Heh, I had a real 20th century moment this weekend. Instead of
bringing a laptop up to the roof I lugged a spare PC and LCD
up there. Getting those up and down the ladder was the biggest
problem; although worrying about the LCD blowing away in the
gusts of wind was a close second.

-- Daniel