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minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoLucky enough that a bent paperclip gets me most channels here.
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThat worked when TV was analog and they were running megawatt transmitters. It doesn’t do so well with the low power digital stations unless you are close to the transmitters.
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoI know, I am lucky enough to be close.
minus-squareW98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoSame here; for the longest time I used a 6in piece of unshielded braided wire in the coax connector and pulled most of the local HD channels.
Lucky enough that a bent paperclip gets me most channels here.
That worked when TV was analog and they were running megawatt transmitters. It doesn’t do so well with the low power digital stations unless you are close to the transmitters.
I know, I am lucky enough to be close.
Same here; for the longest time I used a 6in piece of unshielded braided wire in the coax connector and pulled most of the local HD channels.