30 Rock Sneak Peek? [HD]
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Winegard FV-HD30 FreeVision HDTV Antenna
- Receives free digital & HD programming?no monthly programming fees
- Receives channels that cable & satellite don’t get (multi-casting technology)
- Clearest HD possible?no compression
- Back up in emergencies/bad weather
- Receives high band VHF & UHF signals
WINEGARD FV-HD30 FreeVision HDTV Antenna
List Price: $ 39.99
Price: $ 29.10
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I like what I see,
well well well… the preview shows a lot of ENERGY and creative dialog with green screen location footage along with guest stars who must need the money… but i watch the show drunk so “take it from there” oh, the Chinese delivery is knocking, gotta go
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|ABC and NBC on high-VHF band, FV-HD30 saves the day!,
I’m about 38 miles away from Sutro Tower in San Francisco, and I had
been using a small indoor UHF antenna which worked quite well:
Philips PHDTV1 Silver Sensor UHF/HDTV Digital Indoor TV Antenna
But it couldn’t bring in ABC or NBC, which are both on the high-VHF band.
I tried some indoor VHF rabbit ears, but still no go.
So I bought this FV-HD30 and mounted it outside on my patio, attached
to a 5-foot Radio Shack antenna mast. I have a clear line-of-sight to Sutro.
I also got the Winegard AP-8700 pre-amp, because of a 40-foot cable
run, which is then split and routed to 3 TV Tuners:
Winegard AP-8700 Preamplifier High Gain Low Noise 19 dB UHF 17 dB VHF for HDTV Antennas
The TV tuners are HDHomeRun’s, which work great with Windows 7:
SiliconDust HDHomeRun HDHR-US Dual Networked High Definition Digital Television (White)
Well the antenna + preamp solved the problem, ABC and NBC now come in
strongly, and all the UHF channels are fine too. Highly recommended!
When you are assembling the HD-FV30 antenna, a deep (1.5″ to 2″) 7/16″ socket is helpful.
I made my own cabling, using Belden 7915A Tri-Shield RG6 cable, and Thomas&Betts
Snap-N-Seal compression connectors.
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|Works surprising well for me!,
**The Bottom Line
For my situation this antenna works as advertised – pulls in signals for UHF and high-VHF channels. What exceeded my expectations was its ability to pull in a pretty weak signal in the high-VHF range (NBC on channel 12). This antenna is great, it’s small and light and works pretty well for me. There may be other alternatives out there but I liked that I didn’t have to get 2 antennas specific for either UHF or VHF frequencies.
**The Details
For a year I’ve been happy watching OTA DTV using an Insignia-DXA1-APT set top box, 20 feet of cable and a DIY DB4 UHF antenna mounted outside our apartment. It worked pretty well (could get 29 channels) but I got no signal from NBC. All other channels are really strong. According to [...], KNTV-DT NBC (Channel 12) is on the high-VHF band and is transmitted from a tower about 6 miles away and should come in with a noise margin of 37.2 dB. There are hills in the way of a clean line to the San Bruno tower so it is no wonder I couldn’t get it. I tried a bunch of antennas indoors and outdoors including my DIY DB4, rabbit ears and an amplified indoor RCA antenna (ANT1650) and never got a signal from NBC. With a strong desire to watch the Winter Olympics, I had to try to get NBC in my lounge room but I really thought it was unlikely. I bought the Winegard FV-HD30 based on what I read on the Winegard website. I had no idea what to expect as there were no useful reviews and no specs listed by the manufacturer about gain for specific frequencies. I swapped my DIY DB4 antenna out for the FV-HD30, and voila, 32 channels! NBC is one of them. The Winegard FV-HD30 works and I’m very happy with the result.
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|Winegard FreeVision FV-HD antenna,
I mounted this small lightweight antenna on the side of our deck. It’s about 16 feet above the surrounding ground but still has to pull the signal through quite a few medium size maple trees. The signal is great right now, I hope it does as well when the leaves come out. We get excellent reception of all twelve of our local channels(3-21)which are about 27 miles away. As specified by [...] I pointed the antenna to 321 degrees and got instant great reception on our 46 inch Samsung. I ordered this from Winegard Direct and am very happy with the packaging and speed of shipping(which was free).
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