[holmesuser01]

Originally Posted by earlyfilm

I live 50-80 miles away from the transmitters and I get a good digital signal with a rabbit ears on top of my set for all the UHF digital channels.

I had an old UHF DB-2 and I switched that for the rabbit ears. Still on top of my TV, it worked better and it gave me a perfect picture better than 99% of the time. So, to get a picture for the remaining time, I purchased DB-8 and mounted it in my attic. Duh, worse reception! Thinking my new antenna had a mechanical problem, I brought it down and tested it on top of my set. It works fine there and gives a stronger signal than the DB-2.

Conclusion: The shingles absorbed more signal than the brick siding, which I found damned astounding! This conflicts sharply with my previous analog UHF experience in both Memphis and Dayton, OH, where I used the same old DB-2 in my attic for distant analog UHF PBS stations.

With today's digital, you should not have any problem getting the stations on UHF, but those few misguided stations that chose to remain on the VHF bands are now impossible to get even with the biggest VHF mid-band that I can get my hands on, and those two problem stations are CBS (WUSA) and ABC (WJLA).

James

I've got an asphalt shingle roof and was suspicious of signal loss thru them. Either way, I've got to do a roof antenna, again.