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<blockquote data-quote="JimJ" data-source="post: 3680497" data-attributes="member: 555251">Supposedly, all non-HD programming is going off the air in &#039;09. If you have a converter or TV capable of decoding it, you can still use over-the-air signals, they&#039;re right in the band where upper UHF TV used to be, and some analog cell phones still are.The &quot;best&quot; HDTV antenna out there isn&#039;t going to work in your situation //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif Unless you have roof access?The problem you&#039;re running into is twofold...first, UHF is line of sight. So you need to have a lot of what&#039;s called height above average terrain - in your case those tall buildings and trees. Secondly, you&#039;re getting multipath interference - those tall things are not just blocking, but reflecting signals so your receiver doesn&#039;t get a clear signal from a station.Now, if you can get a roof-mounted antenna up there, on a rotator, you&#039;ll be in business...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JimJ, post: 3680497, member: 555251"] Supposedly, all non-HD programming is going off the air in '09. If you have a converter or TV capable of decoding it, you can still use over-the-air signals, they're right in the band where upper UHF TV used to be, and some analog cell phones still are. The "best" HDTV antenna out there isn't going to work in your situation [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif[/IMG] Unless you have roof access? The problem you're running into is twofold...first, UHF is line of sight. So you need to have a lot of what's called height above average terrain - in your case those tall buildings and trees. Secondly, you're getting multipath interference - those tall things are not just blocking, but reflecting signals so your receiver doesn't get a clear signal from a station. Now, if you can get a roof-mounted antenna up there, on a rotator, you'll be in business... [/QUOTE]

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