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DTV DX help!

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Nertz

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I got a DTV box and I want to try to do some DXing, but I can't put an antenna outside. I have DXed regular stations using rabbit ears before. Can you help?
 
> I got a DTV box and I want to try to do some DXing, but I
> can't put an antenna outside. I have DXed regular stations
> using rabbit ears before. Can you help?
>

Fortunately, most DTV stations are UHF. Get yourself a bow-tie, or better yet, a Zenith Silver Sensor. I've grabbed a handful of stations via tropo with nothing but an indoor antenna. Check out the analog UHF stations first to see if any DX is occurring. Run a DTV channel scan; if you get nothing, rotate the antenna by 45 degrees, then scan again. Rinse and repeat.

The building you're in can be your friend or foe, too. The fewer walls that the signals have to travel through, the better. You can also use this to your advantage, by going to a room that "puts as much house as possible" between you and your local powerhouse stations.

Rabbit ears might do the job indoors for VHF-High (7 - 13). For VHF-Low the DX will need to be extremely strong for rabbit-ears, but it's not impossible. For the record, I have only once come close to locking VHF DTV DX signal on rabbit ears. I was able to ID the station via the PSIP info but never locked the audio/video.
 
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