>Hi Fred,
>Digital TV can be either VHF or UHF, but most are UHF. There is no difference in receiving digital vs analog. (I mean the signals don't know which they are carrying.) UHF tends to more line of sight. I get DTV from 60 miles away, but I have a good outdoor antenna.

Hi Charlie,

Yeah, I'm aware there's no real difference in the transmission signal itself, but how it's dealt with at the TV end. Almost all of the DTV signals here in Phoenix originate from the same location (South Mountain) and are about 25-30 miles line of site for me. I had tried one of those indoor antennas and too often all I got was the "searching for signal" with it, or the picture would freeze for a second or two. I've had no such problems with the outdoor OTA antenna. There's not to many other DTV signals I can pick up since there's a mountain just NW of me that prevents me getting signals from Prescott, and that may be too far anyways at about 75 miles. Flagstaff is definitely too far at about 125 miles. Though there is one station I pickup from Blythe California and that's close to 150 miles. Must be the Santa Ana winds blowing the signal this way. <bg>


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>>How far are you from your HD stations? Digital TV is usually only good for "line of site" (no major obstructions like a mountain) and 25-40 miles max. Those indoor ones are probably only good to about 20 miles max.
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>>As far as the "ugly thing on the roof", I've got three (actually only one is on the roof, the other two are on the back porch roof):
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>>HD antenna (roof) - looks like an airplane wing
>>DirecTV 5LNB oval dish - normal looking dish, aproximately 30 inches wide
>>SprintBroadBand wireless transceiver - about 12 inches square