If your antenna is aimable you may find it works best not aimed quite dead on for channel 11. ATSC is just sort of quirky. As I have often stated here, I'm not very satisfied with 8vsb but, if I put my mind to it, I can usually manage to get most necessary channels with a little tinkering. - Tom Albert Manfredi wrote: > Tom Barry wrote: > > >>Glad to hear you are enjoying your Accurian Xmas >>present. I think I mentioned a few days ago I still >>considered that mostly a winner, at least at that price. > > > Thanks, Tom. > > I rather obsessed over whether my ghosts tended to > be leading or lagging, before hoping for good ATSC > reception, specifically because I am not at all convinced > that the Accurian is anything more than a decent 3rd > gen receiver. I have seen no test results for it, so I'd > hate anyone to assume it was a 4th or 5th gen product > that somehow went unnoticed. > > >>I'm sure you have mentioned it before, but could >>you again describe your existing antenna situation. > > > Chimney mounted large log periodic, aimed NE, > additional smaller UHF aimed NNE, omni VHF. We live in > a sort of shallow valley, so downstairs reception with > indoor antenna is not that good. > > I tried without the antenna amp yesterday, and got > less signal. I tried the indoor antenna downstairs, but > could not get close to a window with the cable I had > on hand, and got no reception. > > The weird thing is, I get some breakup on full power > Balt NBC 11, but strong reception of other Balt > stations including WB 54, which is less than full > power. I'll go search out the current status of these > stations. My info might be obsolete. > > I know that analog NBC 11 was grainy, and analog > ABC 2 (also Balt) was usually unwatchable. Now ABC > 2 is clear and sharp. And NBC 11 works best when it > rains. > > For your info, we are south of the Wash DC area, > toward Mt Vernon, so reasonably far from Balt > transmitters. > > Bert > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! > http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at > FreeLists.org > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > unsubscribe in the subject line. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.