
<div dir="auto">Chris, it depends on your location. We have discovered at least with UHF stations that amplifies antennas often times cause a lot more problems than they solve, unless you are 30+ miles out from the transmitter. If you are here in the SW area, try non-amplified first.Â </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">KHOU is on KIAHâ€™s RF-34 signal.Â </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Dec 9, 2021 at 21:23 Chris Luppens via BVARC <<a href="mailto:bvarc@bvarc.org">bvarc@bvarc.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">I have NextGen (Samsung) TV but am on Xfinity so understand the cable systems canâ€™t manage things yet so have to go over the air. Since I have 200-ft high shot to most of the antennas I believe a small amplified antenna (they are very cheap) will work. Are the channels the same? Channel 11 is 11-1 etc ?<br><br><div dir="ltr">Typos Compliments of iPhone<div>Chris Luppens</div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Dec 9, 2021, at 9:10 PM, Christopher Boone via BVARC <<a href="mailto:bvarc@bvarc.org" target="_blank">bvarc@bvarc.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">ï»¿</div></blockquote></div><div dir="auto"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">Desktop converters are still in preproduction. Not sure when they will beÂ available.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">There are only 3 TVs that have V3, lowest cost is 900 or so..eventually they will drop...just like DTVs did originallyÂ </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Dec 9, 2021, 8:51 PM john Parmalee via BVARC <<a href="mailto:bvarc@bvarc.org" target="_blank">bvarc@bvarc.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000"><span style="color:#000000;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal">Any thoughts as to how to get a tuner?Â  Best by blanksÂ  At a search for ATS 3.Â  I see a $1500 flat screen that I don't want.</span></div>

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<div>You'll need an ATSC 3 or NextGen TV to view it or an external tuner box like before, some HDTV may support a USB dongle for decode but no confirmationon that yet. 4k/,UHD support, better and more channels of audio, a 14db increase in OTA reception and rejection of noise ( goodbye to most pixelation!!), more channels in better definition and much more. More info atÂ <a href="https://www.watchnextgentv.com/" shape="rect" rel="noreferrer noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.watchnextgentv.com/</a>

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<div dir="ltr">On Thu, Dec 9, 2021, 3:58 PM Ambrose E Fawcett III via BVARC <<a href="mailto:bvarc@bvarc.org" shape="rect" rel="noreferrer noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">bvarc@bvarc.org</a>> wrote:</div>

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